Come all you good time people While I've got money to spend Tomorrow might be Monday And I neither have a dollar nor a friend
When I had plenty of money, good people My friends are standing around But as soon as my pockets are empty Not a friend on this world could be found
Last time i saw a women, good people She had a wine glass in her hand She was drinking beer [?]
When I wrote my woman a letter, good people And I told her that I was in jail She wrote back an answer Saying \"Honey i´ma come and go your bail.\"
Well in this old jailhouse, good people Twenty dollars won't pay my fine Corn whiskey has surrounded my body, poor boys Pretty woman is troubling my mind
But if you don't quit your drinking One day you'll be just like me You'll be walking out and live In a penitentiary
Well my daddy he told me a plenty, good people And my momma she told me more She said \"Son if you don't quit your rowdy ways You'll have trouble at your door.\"
Go dig in the meadow, good people Go dig a hole in the ground And come around, all you good people And reach this poor rounder go down