Talkin' 'bout Jumping Jim
  Talkin' 'bout a Mud Slide Slim
  Don't you know that a fish got to swim
  Don't a goose got to fly high
  Little dog got to die
  And I'm goin' home
  Woh, don't you know
  Woh, don't you know
  
  Talkin' 'bout a life on the street
  Gonna think about an itch in my feet
  Can't you hand me down them highway shoes
  Lord knows I'm talkin' 'bout the walkin' blues
  I got the rockin' pneumonia blues
  And I'm headed home, bye-bye
  Woh, don't you know
  Woh, don't you know
  
  Listen here now, don't you come 'round
  Talkin' bout over yonder
  Bound to wake up the walkin' man in me
  And I'm bound to wanderin'
  Hey now, talkin' all about 'spooning into bone
  Looking just like Sherlock Holmes
  Looking for a needle in a haystack
  Seein' and eatin' lots of fatback
  Talkin' 'bout a railroad track
  And I'm going home, goodbye
  Woh, don't you know
  Woh, don't you know
  Woh, don't you know
  
  You oughta know
  You oughta know
  You oughta know
  You oughta know like a fish in the stream
  Oughta know like a leaf on the tree
  Oughta know like a boat in the sea.