Well hey mama now did you ever go down on   Down on the Mobile Line   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout the Mobile Line   Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind      Well I got a letter, now this is the way it read   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout the way it read   Said come home baby because your lover is dead      Well I ran out and I hopped out on the road   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout on the road   When I got there she was laying on a coolin' board      Now when I die mama don't you bury papa at all   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout your papa at all   Just throw my bones down in some alcohol      And when I die mama put my picture in a frame   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout a picture in a frame   Hang it up on the mantle you can see me just the same      And when I die I think I'm gonna stop by France   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout a stop by France   Gonna stop by France just to give all the women a chance      Well hey mama now did you ever go down on   Down on the Mobile Line   Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa   Holler 'bout the Mobile Line   Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind      Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind