Went away up the river some forty mile or more I think I heard that big Jim Lee he blowed She blow so lonesome, like she wasn't gonna blow no more It blowed just like my baby gettin' on board My Mama she is dead' and my father well could be I ain't got nobody to feel and care for me And If you don't want me just give me your hand And I'll get a woman quick as you can a man I laid my head in a steamer woman's arms And he laid came when he liad his head back in mine It was moonshine, don't you pay me no mind 'Cause I did not let no other man have mine Well the big Jim Lee keep a-backing up and down Keep standin' by the shore, man, if you're water bound