Wartime Blues

"What you gonna do when they send your man to the war?
 What you gonna do, send your man to the war?
 What you gonna do when they send your man to the war?"
 "I'm gonna drink muddy water, gonna sleep in a hollow log"
 Ain't got nobody, I'm all here by myself
 Got nobody, all here by myself
 Got nobody, all here by myself
 Well, these women don't care but the men don't need me here
 Well, I'm goin' to the river, gonna walk it up and down
 Goin' to the river, walk it up and down
 Goin' to the river, walk it up and down
 If I don't find Parthena, I'm gonna jump overboard and drown
 If I could shine my light like a headlight on some train
 If I could shine like a headlight on some train
 If I could shine like a headlight on some train
 I would shine my light in Colorado Springs
 Well, they tell me that southbound train had a wreck last night
 Lord, that southbound train had a wreck last night
 Lord, that southbound train had a wreck last night
 Sugar, the section foreman ain't treating your railroad right
 Well, the girl I love and the one I crave to see
 Woman I love, one I crave to see
 Woman I love and the one I crave to see
 Well, she's livin' in Memphis and the fool won't write to me
 I said, little woman, what have I said and done?
 Easy mama, what I've said and done?
 Easy mama, what have I said and done?
 You're treatin' me like my trouble have just begun