Got the banjo blues and I'm feeling awful, I mean awful, I mean bad Got the banjo blues and I'm feeling awful bad And the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad I had a good woman but the fool laid down and, I mean down and, I mean died I had a good woman but the fool laid down and died Got the banjo blues and I'm too darn mean to cry Play it a long time, boy. To my gal's in Cincinnati. She's all right with me Now, give me some cover, honey, I'm getting, I'm getting, I'm cold Now, give me some cover, I'm getting cold And the breeze ain't hitting you, you're only getting old Now the Mississippi River so long and deep and, mean deep and, I mean wide And the Mississippi River so long and deep and wide And my gal, she's on the Arkansas side Do it for me, boy And my little babe, she is so tall and, I mean tall and, I mean thin And my little babe she is so tall and thin Likes the town's top preacher, but she loves her gin