Hey poor mama, what say you?   What say you this day?   Hey poor mama, where's your baby?   Lost and gone away      She went walking no goodbye's   She went wandering astray   Hey poor mama, what say you?   What say you today?      Cold black devil, left us crying   Left us crying in shame   No such heaven, heaven gone now   Can't go on this way      Listen to me, listen good   Oh, you listen good   Find a good man, strong and able   Am I understood?      Hey poor mama, what say you?   What say you this day?   Hey poor mama, where's your baby?   Lost and gone away      Dig for silver, dig for gold   Dig for diamonds too   All that digging, you'll get old   It will bury you      I'll walk for, 14 miles   I'll walk for, 14 miles   I'll walk for, 14 miles   I'll walk for, 14 miles      I'll run for, 14 miles   I'll run for, 14 miles   I'll run for, 14 miles   I'll run for, 14 miles, yeah running