i heard my neighbor s rooster crow early in the day i heard his axe beyond the hill and now i m bound away for some men love the city life some men crave the town but i ll be bound for the lonesome woods where i can settle down fiddle and a bow and the fire light s glow you can hear that lonesome sound i ll leave behind my troublin mind and go the whole world round the red squirrel leaves when the gray squirrel comes the eagle nests alone a hundred miles from a wagon track is where i ll build my home fiddle and a bow and the fire light s glow you can hear that lonesome sound i ll leave behind my troublin mind and go the whole world round i ve seen the old man whittlin wood i ve seen the streets of town i ll pack my goods for the arkansas woods and there i ll settle down fiddle and a bow and the fire light s glow you can hear that lonesome sound i ll leave behind my troublin mind and go the whole world round