Way down in old Georgia deep down in the pines
I left my sweet children my home and my wife
I rambled all over this country you see
I wound up a loner out on the high seas
Out on the high waters where the cold wind blows
I’ll always be lonesome for the ones I love most
But beneath the blue waters my body they’ll find
No more to lonesome for those left behind
She never loved me and pushed me aside
I still long to see her and be by her side
My children are angels and mean all to me
But a dear lovin father she won’t let me be