Hot dog, buddy let's go!
Rather be in Richmond in all the hail and rain,
Then for to be in Georgia, boys, wearing that ball and chain.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whoooo!
I went down to Mobile for to get on the gravel train.
Very next thing they heard of me, had on a ball and chain.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whoooooo!
Doney, oh dear Doney, what makes you treat me so?
Caused me to wear the ball and chain and now my ankles sore.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Glory hallelujah, there!
Knoxville is a pretty place, Memphis is a beauty,
If you want to see them pretty girls, hop to Chattanoogie.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Glory hallelujah, there!
Fare you well, I'm gone!
I'm going to build me a scaffold on the mountain high,
So I can see my Nora (?) girl as she goes riding by.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whooo!
My wife died a Friday night, Saturday she was buried,
Sunday was my courting day, Monday I got married.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Kill yourself!
Eighteen pounds of meat a week, whiskey here to sell.
How can a young man stay at home, pretty girls look so well?
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whooooo!
Fare you well!
Rather be in Richmond in all the hail and rain,
Then for to be in Georgia, boys, wearing that ball and chain.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whoooo!
I went down to Mobile for to get on the gravel train.
Very next thing they heard of me, had on a ball and chain.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whoooooo!
Doney, oh dear Doney, what makes you treat me so?
Caused me to wear the ball and chain and now my ankles sore.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Glory hallelujah, there!
Knoxville is a pretty place, Memphis is a beauty,
If you want to see them pretty girls, hop to Chattanoogie.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Glory hallelujah, there!
Fare you well, I'm gone!
I'm going to build me a scaffold on the mountain high,
So I can see my Nora (?) girl as she goes riding by.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whooo!
My wife died a Friday night, Saturday she was buried,
Sunday was my courting day, Monday I got married.
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Kill yourself!
Eighteen pounds of meat a week, whiskey here to sell.
How can a young man stay at home, pretty girls look so well?
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Won't get drunk no more,
Way down the old plank road.
Whooooo!
Fare you well!