Well, I rolled and I tumbled,

Cried the whole night long.

Well, I rolled and I tumbled,

Cried the whole night long.

Well, I woke up this mornin,

Didn't know right from wrong.



Well, I told my baby,

Before I left that town.

Well, I told my baby,

Before I left that town.

Well, don't you let nobody,

Tear my barrelhouse down.



Well, ahh, mmm-hmmm,

Owww, oww ooo, aww, oww, oh.

Aaa, mmm-hmmm, oww, oh oh oh

Owww, oww ooo, aww, oww, oh.



Well, if the river was whiskey,

And I was a divin duck.

Well, if the river was whiskey,

And I was a divin duck.

Well, I would dive to the bottom,

Never would I come up.



Well, I could a had a religion,

This bad old thing instead.

Well, I could a had a religion,

This bad old thing instead.

Well, all whiskey and women,

Would not let me pray.