It's gonna swallow me whole   The ground'll open up and in i'll fall   Down down down      Mama set me up with a fine young thing   And he was gonna buy me everything   But he grabbed the hook and took out for deep water   And pretty soon that fish - he pulled me in      It's gonna follow me home   Somewhere in the shadows there's a place for me   In the cold cold ground      Trouble's right behind me there's hard times ahead   The devil's got his hammer he's poundin' on my bed   Lost most my money i'm on my last hand   I'm knockin' at hell's door with no weapon and no plan   Feelin' kinda timid like an egg without a shell   But if i've been just bluffing i ain't gonna tell      It's gonna swallow me whole   The ground'll open up and in i'll fall      Papa set me up with a sharp-eyed boy   And i was gonna have him for my toy   But he stole my heart and took out for deep water   And pretty soon that shark - he pulled me in      Sky's full of lightning the wind's spitting sand   Sun burning oh so hot it gave the earth a tan   The fish have all stopped jumping the bedbugs are asleep   I'll lay myself beside you and pray my soul to keep   I wish i had a needle as fine as i could sew   I'd stitch my baby to my side and down the road we'd go      My shovel struck sorrow   And the tears came running down   My shovel struck sorrow   And the tears came running down   My shovel struck sorrow   And the tears came running down   My shovel struck sorrow   And the tears came running down      Little fishes in the brook   Papa catch them with a hook   Brother clean it like a man   Mama fry it in the pan