Rather be in Richmond with all the hail and rain

Than to be in Georgia wearin' that ball and chain

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Way down the Old Plank Road

I went down to Mobile but I got on the gravel train

Very next thing they heard of me had on that ball and chain

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Way down the Old Plank Road

Doney oh dear Doney what makes you treat me so

'Caused me to wear that ball and chain now my ankle's sore

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Way down the Old Plank Road

Knoxville is a pretty place Memphis is a beauty

If you wanna see them pretty girls hop to Chattanoogie

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Way down the Old Plank Road

I'm going to build me a scaffold on that mountain high

So I can see my pretty girl as she goes riding by

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Way down the Old Plank Road

My wife died on Friday night Saturday she was buried

Sunday was my courtin' day and Monday I got married

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Don't get drunk no more

Way down the Old Plank Road