Late last night when my Willie come home

And I heard this mighty rapping on the door

Slipping and a sliding with his new shoes on

Willie don't you rap no more

Oh me oh my

What's going to become of me

I's downtown just a fooling around

Mama don't you cry for me

I know just what you promised me

Not more than three weeks ago

You promised that you'd marry me

Standing there on your mama's kitchen floor

Oh me oh my

What's going to become of me

I's downtown just a fooling around

Mama don't you cry for me

Now if I'd listened to what my mama said

I wouldn't be sitting here tonight

Picking and a singing on this old banjo

Mama don't you cry for me

Oh me oh my

What's going to become of me

I's downtown just a fooling around

Mama don't you cry for me

Oh me oh my

What's going to become of me

I's downtown just a fooling around

Mama don't you cry for me