I done had my fun If I don't get well no more I done had my fun If I don't get well no more Yes my health is failing me And I am going down slow
Please ride and tell my mother Tell mother what a shape I'm in Please ride and tell my mother Tell mother what a shape I'm in Mother please pray for me And forgive me for all my sins
Mother please don't send no doctor 'Cause the doctor can't do me no good Mother please don't send no doctor I declare the doctor can't do me no good Well it's all my fault Mother I didn't do the things I should
On the next train south Mother look for my close home(I ain't got none) On the next train south Mother please look for my close home And if you don't see my old butt All you can do is moan
Mother please don't worry This is all in my prayer Mother please don't worry This is all in my prayer Now your poor son's gone He's out in his woods somewhere