I went down home, boys, where the weather suits my clothes I done fooled 'round here in Dallas, boys, 'til I'm done got cold If you see my woman, please 'od, tell her I said to hurry home Boy, I ain't had no real lovin', my God, boys, since my old woman's been gone Ain't that a shame, low-down dirty shame? Boys, ain't that a shame, low-down dirty shame? Boy, to love a sweet little woman, boy, and you're scared to call her name Well, If I'd a-listened, what my Mama said I'd a-been at home, boys, sleepin' in my Mama's bed But you know how boys and girls nowadays, they won't pay their mother no mind Because they gone all night, your mother's in her back door cryin' Baby, baby, baby, hear me callin' you? Baby, can't you hear this black man callin' you? Well, I'm goin' down the country, woman, God know, what more can a black man do