Ain't a-gonna dig no ginseng Well I ain't a-gonna hunt no crow Ain't gonna do a doggone thing But love my dear sweet Mama O, you can't read my mind When you think I'm loving you, Mama I'm quitting you all the time My home ain't here It's down in Caroline I got two chillun down in Georgia But they sho' ain't mine, sweet Mama O, you can't read my mind (etc) I got a girl in Georgia One in Dixie, too If you treat me mean, sweet Mama Turn my back on you, good baby O, you can't read my mind When you think I'm loving you, Mama I'm quitting you all the time Ain't gonna work no tipple Ain't gonna load no coal Put my head out the window Watch the drivers roll, sweet Mama O, you can't read my mind When you think I'm loving you, Mama I'm quitting you all the time