Henry Thomas Follow

I was standing on the corner, a‑talking to my brown
I turned around sweet mama, I went across town,
Says I've got a girl and she working hard
She had a dress she wear loving babe, says it's pink and blue.
She bring me coffee and she bring me tea,
She bring me everything except the jailhouse key,
Yes, I'm going away and it won't be long,
Just sure as the train leaves out of the yard, she's Alabama bound.
I'm going away and it won't be long,
Just ease your train eleven days, I'm Alabama bound,
Says the boat's up the river and she won't come down,
I believe to my soul, pretty mama, she's water bound.
I look to the east and I look to the west,
If she heads to the South great God, she's Alabama bound.