You can go to the ocean, you can go to the deep blue sea You can go to the ocean, you can go to the deep blue sea But you can't find nobody, going to treat you like poor me You can spend my money, you can pawn my sicking clothes You can spend my money, you can pawn my sicking clothes Catch you stooping, I'm going to let your meat outdoors Well the sun's going down, mama you know what you promised me Well the sun's going down, mama you know what you promised me Midnight supper, and my 'fore‐day tea Leaving your town, mama and I sure don't want to go Leaving your town, mama and I sure don't want to go But to keep down trouble, mama guess I better go