Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
I was down in Louisiana, doing as I please,
Now I'm in Texas I got to work or leave.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
If your home's in Louisiana, what you doing over here?
Say my home ain't in Texas and I sure don't care.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
I don't care if the boat don't never land,
I'd like to stay on water as long as any man.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
And my boat come a rockin', just like a drunkard man,
And my home's on the water and I sure don't like land.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
I was down in Louisiana, doing as I please,
Now I'm in Texas I got to work or leave.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
If your home's in Louisiana, what you doing over here?
Say my home ain't in Texas and I sure don't care.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
I don't care if the boat don't never land,
I'd like to stay on water as long as any man.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.
And my boat come a rockin', just like a drunkard man,
And my home's on the water and I sure don't like land.
Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy long ways from home.