A dead-beat, dog-bit, do-wrong devil is I
It's hawk-and-buzzard, but I's too tuckered to die
De trinity has been circlin' me in de sky
De fiyah's gone flickerin' low
In my po' cabin of bone
I's gwine to de river while de mudcats shibber and moan
De marsh have plenty for dose who trouble to go
Ol' po' joe pokin' de muck for sumpin' below
De muskrats plomp and de ducks is waddlin' slow
De fiyah's gone flickerin' low
In my po' cabin of bone
I's gwine to de river while de mudcats shibber and moan
Dere's a shuck-knife stuck in a skull-bonе over de do'
Of de housеboat chapel dat's capsized off in de sho'
While de congregation gets baptized right on de flo'
De fiyah's gone flickerin' low
In my po' cabin of bone
I's gwine to de river while de mudcats shibber
Gwine to de river while de mudcats shibber
Gwine to de river while de mudcats shibber and moan