I left my home in Tennessee and I thought I'd learn to travel, But then I met a pretty little gal and soon we played the devil I loved that gal and she loved me and I thought we'd live together, But then we tied that fatal knot and now I'm gone forever Twas fifteen cents to the preacher man and a dollar for the paper but dear old mother in law moved in and Lordy what a caper I fiddled a tune for her one day and she called me a joker Then that old sow got mad at me and hit me with a poker I worked in town and I worked on the farm but there's no way to suit them They're both so dad burned mean to me somebody ought to shoot them I'm timed of looking at my mother in law, I'd like to see my granny Gonna leave the state of Arkansas and go back home to mammy