I'm leavin' you to worry you off my mind
Lord, I'm leavin' you to worry you off my mind
'Cause you keep me worried troubled, troubled all the time

Oh, just six white horses going two by two
Oh, just six white horses going two by two
Just because some other woman done stole my love from you

Oh, the train that I'm riding is sixteen coaches long
Oh, the train that I'm riding is sixteen coaches long
And that woman I'm loving's got another man and gone

If you don't believe I'm leavin', honey, count the days I'm gone
If you don't believe I'm leavin', just count the days I'm gone
If you ever see your daddy it'll be on judgment morn'

Oh, tell me, pretty mama, which way the river runs
Oh, tell me, pretty mama, which way the river runs
Runs straight from my back door right up to the rising sun