[00:43.26]Went away up the river some forty mile or more
[00:52.95]I think I heard that big Jim Lee he blowed
[00:59.52]She blow so lonesome like she wasn't gonna blow no more
[01:01.23]It blowed just like my baby gettin' on board
[01:08.82]I'm a poor old boy an' a long way from home
[01:16.92]And you causin' me to leave my plumb good home
[01:19.14]My Mama she is dead' and my father well could be
[01:29.82]I ain't got nobody to feel and care for me
[01:33.42]If you don't want me just give me your hand
[01:42.24]And I'll get a woman quick as you can a man
[01:45.78]I've got a kid on the wheeler and a brown down in town
[01:50.85]Got a plumb good man bringing down these gals of mine
[02:02.76]I laid my head in a steamer woman's arms
[02:04.05]And she laid her nappy head in mine
[02:06.06]When I got arrested what do you reckon was my fine
[02:28.17]Says they give all coons eleven twenty nine
[02:32.46]It was moonshine don't pay me no mind
[02:37.26]'Cause I did not let no coons have mine
[02:46.50]Well the big Jim Lee keep a backing up and down
[02:49.98]Keep standin' by the shore man if you're water bound