1. I left my home in Tennessee. Thought I'd learn to travel And then I met a pretty little girl and soon we played the Devil. I loved that gal and she loved me and I thought we'd live together, But then we tied that fatal knot and now I'm gone forever
CHORUS: Gimme back my fifteen cents. Gimme back my money. Gimme back my fifteen cents And I'll go home t' mammy!
2. 'Twas fifteen cents for the preacher man and a dollar for the paper. Then dear old mother-in-law moved in and, Lordy, what a caper! I fiddled a tune for her one day. She called me a joker. Then that old sow got mad at me and hit me with a poker. CHORUS
3. I worked in town and I worked on the farm but there's no way t' suit 'em. There both so dad-burn mean t' me, somebody oughta shoot 'em. I'm tired o' lookin' at my mother-in-law. I'd like t' see my Granny. Gonna leave the state of Arkansas an' go back home t' mammy. CHORUS