written by lester flatt and earl scruggs now down the road just a mile or two lives a little girl named pearly blue about so high and her hair is brown the prettiest thing boys in this town well any time you wanna know just where i m goin down the road get my girl on the line you ll find me there most any time down the road down the road got a pretty little girl down the road now every day and sunday too i go to see my pearly blue before you hear that rooster crow you ll see me headed down the road down the road down the road got a little pretty girl down the road well every time i get the blues i walk the soles right off my shoes don t know why i love her so that gal of mine lives down the road