I'm so lonesome, lonesome, I don't know what to do I'm so lonesome, lonesome, Lord, I don't know what to do If you didn't have no good woman, you'd be lonesome, too Lord, I'm goin' up the country, babe, and I can't carry you I said, I'm goin' up the country, babe, and I can't carry you 'Cause I got one up there, and I can't see how you always do I wished I had-a listened to what my baby sister said Lord, I wished I had-a listened to what my baby sister said She said, "See how I am, brother, please don't stray away" Lord, my mama told me when I first left her door I said, my mama told me when I first left her door Sayin', "Be careful in your travelin', son, you got to reap just what you sow"