Oldtime Stringband

Hand me down my walking cane (2x)
Hand me down my walking cane, I'm gonna leave on the midnight train,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.

Hand me down my bottle of corn (2x)
Hand me down my bottle of corn, gonna get drunk as sure as your'e born,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.

I got drunk and throwed in jail (2x)
I got drunk and throwed in jail, got nobody to go my bail,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.

Come on Mamma and go my bail (2x)
Come on Mamma and go my bail, get me out of this stinkin' jail,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.

Well, the beans were hard and the meat was fat (2x)
The beans were hard and the meat was fat, oh Good Lord, I coultn't eat that,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.

If I'd a'listened to what Mamma said (2x)
If I'd a'listened to what Mamma said, I'd be home in a feather bed,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.

Oh, when I die some fateful day (2x)
When I die some happy day, tell that preacher man to say,
His sins were taken away, taken away.

Hand me down my walking cane (2x)
Hand me down my walking cane, I'm gonna leave on the midnight train,
My sin's been taken away, taken away.