i went down to nashville rode that l n id seen that pretty gal standin there dropped brought my tongue down to my chin cause shes so fine i was right on time she took me down to 2nd street she said ill be right back i waited there for seven weeks then got back on the track and now were through and im so blue oh no the trouble that im in good times are over i got whiskers on my chin and theres a long lonely road boys ill be travellin so long tell my troubles to the wind way down south in louisville they showed me to the door they hadnt seen a railroad bum since 1924 its a rich folks town they dont need me round the police came and got me they took dropped me way downtown guilty for this vagrancy and now im prison bound up on the hill in louisville oh no the trouble if youre ever in birmingham you know where ill be found standin in line at the ccc signin my name down on the dotted line puttin in my dime so put away your whiskey boys throw down your gamblin cards quit sellin that corn liquor boys and sleepin in freight yards in every town theyll run you down  oh no the trouble that im in