Hand me down (hand me down)
My walkin' cane (my walkin' cane)
Hand me down (hand me down)
My walkin' cane (my walkin' cane)
Hand me down my walkin' cane
I'm a gonna leave on the midnight train
All of my sins been taken away, taken away

Yonder comes a man (yonder comes a man)
Across the field (across the field)
Yonder comes a man (yonder comes a man)
Across the field (across the field)
Yonder comes a man across the field
Kickin' up dust like an automobile
All of my sins been taken away, taken away

If I had listened (if I had listened)
What mama said (what mama said)
If I had listened (if I had listened)
What mama said (what mama said)
If I had listened what mama said
I'd be sleeping in a feather bed
All of my sins been taken away, taken away

Hell is deep (hell is deep), and hell is wide (hell is wide)
Hell is deep (hell is deep), and hell is wide (hell is wide)
Hell is deep and hell is wide
Ain't got no bottom ain't got no sides
All of my sins been taken away, taken away

Hand me down my bottle of corn
Hand me down my bottle of corn
Hand me down my bottle of corn
I won't be home till the early morn
(or "Gonna get drunk as sure as you're born")

I got drunk and I landed in jail
I got drunk and I landed in jail
I got drunk and I landed in jail
Had nobody for to go my bail

Well the beans was tough and the meat was fat
Well the beans was tough and the meat was fat
Well the beans was tough and the meat was fat
Oh good lord I cain't eat that

If I'd listened to what my mama said
If I'd listened to what my mama said
If I'd listened to what my mama said
I'd been sleepin' in a feather bed

Hand me down my rockin' chair
Hand me down my rockin' chair
Hand me down my rockin' chair
I'm gonna rock on outta here
All of my sins are taken away