Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues

[Verse 1]
Have you ever took a trip, babe, on the Mobile line?
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout the Mobile line
That's the road to ride, baby, ease your trouble in mind

[Verse 2]
Well I got a letter, babe, this the way it read
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout the way it read
"Come home, come home, baby girl you love is dead"

[Verse 3]
Well I pack my suitcase, bundle up my clothes
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout bundle up the clothes
When I got there, she's layin' on a coolin' board

[Verse 4]
Well they took my baby, honey, to the buryin' ground
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout the buryin' ground
You oughta heard me hollerin' when they let her down

[Verse 5]
Well there's two black horses standin' on the buryin' ground
[They'll a-turn around, then babe, they?] run on down

[Verse 6]
When you go to heaven, gonna, babe, gonna stop by France
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout stop by France
Gonna stop by there just to give these girls a chance

[Verse 7]
Baby, when I die, don't bury dad at all
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout bury dad at all
Well pickle daddy's bones, baby, in alkyhol

[Verse 8]
Well the boat's up the river, babe, and she won't come down
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout she won't come down
Well I believe to my soul that the boat is water bound

[Verse 9]
Baby, when I die, put daddy's picture in a frame
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout a-in a frame
So when daddy's gone, you can see him just the same

[Verse 10]
Hello heaven, daddy want to use your telephone
Hey Lawdy mama mama, hey Lawdy papa papa, hollerin' 'bout the telephone
Sweet talk your daddy anytime when he's gone