(Verse 1)
Cryin' who's that yonder comin' down the road, coming down the road?
Now, who's that yonder, comin' down the road?
Well it looks like Maggie, Mama, but she walk too slow

(Verse 2)
Cryin' what made Grandma love her Grandpa, love her Grandpa so?
Mmmmm, what made Grandma to love her Grandpa so?
It was [that little bit a' somethin' he done] eight long years ago

(Verse 3)
Cryin' see see rider, see what you done done, see what you done done
Mmmmm, see see rider, see what you done done
You done made me love you, now you tryin' to put me down

(Verse 4)
Cryin' ain't gon' be your ridin' horse no more, ridin' horse no more
Says I ain't gon' be your ridin' horse no more
Long before I be, I will take morphine and die

(Verse 5)
What good is a bulldog, he won't bark or bite, he won't bark or bite?
What good is a bulldog, he won't bark or bite?
And what good is a woman she won't ask you what you like?

(Verse 6)
Now who's that yonder, see them dressed in red, see them dressed in red?
Who's that yonder, see them dressed in red?
Well they must be the children, Mama, that my Moses led