I woke up this mornin', 'tween midnight and day I woke up this mornin', 'tween midnight and day I woke up this mornin', 'tween midnight and day I felt for my rider, she done eased away Sweet mama, sweet mama, your papa double do love you Sweet mama, sweet mama, papa double do love you Says, crazy about the way sweet mama do My rider got somethin', I really don't know what it is My rider got somethin', I really don't know what it is When I wake up in the mornin' can't keep my body still My rider got somethin', they call it the stingaree My rider got somethin', called it the stingaree I wake up every mornin' it worryin', worryin' poor me I'm goin', I'm goin', mama, ain't comin' here no more I'm goin' away, mama, ain't comin' here no more I'm goin' away, mama, ain't comin' here no more When you see me leavin', pin crate [sic] on your door Says the Mississippi River, mama, is long and deep and wide The Mississippi River is long and deep and wide The Mississippi River long and deep and wide I've got a lovin' fary, she's on the other side I'm goin' up the country, mama, honey, and I won't carry you I'm goin' up the country, mama I won't carry you 'T'ain't nothin' up the country, sweet mama, you can do I'm gonna drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log Gonna drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log Then to be in Atlanta, treated like a dog