(This is called "Poor Boy") Me and poor boy was travelling Travelling a long way from home Me and poor boy got pulled off Got pulled off and prison bound My dear mother, she got worried When we was down all in the farm Mama, she called that farmer on up And they told her that her sons' prison bound My dear mother got on the farm She called down a little farm My mother talked to the sergeant He wanted not to have mercy out on bail Well this sergeant told dear mother He would take 200 dollar bill We didn't have no one To come and get us out on bail Poor boy, he got all worried Come walking to us breaking down I said "Poor boy, don't worry Our mother get us out of prison bound" Well this sergeant told dear mother He would take two hundred dollar bill We didn't have no one To come and get us out of bail Oh, my mother she got worried She couldn't get them two hundred dollar bill So one Sunday morning My mother, she drove to the farm Well, the sergeant met my mother Drove on up to her at the gate My mother, she told the sergeant She never had no two hundred dollar bill! Well, my mother she kneeled down My mother kneeled down on her knee Oh, my mother pleas the Sergeant "Will you please sir have some mercy on me?" My dear mother, she really cryin' Told the sergeant, then she broke down He said "These boys promised They will not hobo on my train!" I said "Listen, brother poor boy Don't be worried cryin' Somebody, somebody, somewhere Is gonna get us off prison bound"