[Chorus]
Make me down a pallet on the floor
Make me down a pallet on the floor
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on the floor

[Verse 1]
I'm going up the country
I'm going up the country
I'm going up the country with the cold sleet and slow
No telling how much further I may go

[Chorus]
Just make me down
Make me down a pallet on the floor
Make me a pallet down, on the floor

[Verse 1]
Up the country
I'm going up the country
I'm going up the country, baby, don't you want to go?
Make me down a pallet on the floor

[Verse 2]
Don't you let my good girl catch you here
Pleasе don't let my good girl catch you here
Wеll she might shoot you, might cut you and starve you too
No telling what she might do
[Chorus]
Just make me down
Make me down
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Just make me a pallet on your floor

[Verse 3]
Hell, it didn't suit so well
The way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
The way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
The way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
I'm gon' turn over, and try it on this side

[Chorus]
Just make me down
Make me down
Make me a pallet down, soft and low
Make me a pallet on the floor