Well now, they say about a gamblin' man, the workin' man, he stays down south They know what they say about a gamblin' man, the workin' man, he stays down south I ain't got no job, I can't go back to my woman's house Now boys, a woman will love you, until all your money is gone Your woman will love you, until all your money is gone But I think I'll pass it up, and try to make it all alone Now the woman I love, she done put me out of doors Now the woman I love, she done put me out of doors But I'm going back south, where the weather suits my clothes I got a woman down south, that woman is my aim I got a woman down south, that woman is my aim But I ain't gonna tell nobody, she might have a hard workin' man I'm going down south, to see what I can do Now I'm going down south, just to see what I can do There ain't nothin' in the northern states, that a poor gamblin' man can do