| Look, sweet mama, don’t you see? | 
| Shakin' that thing, mama, sure is 'bout to get | 
| the best of poor me, and I says | 
| I done stop holl’in', well, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| I done stopped holl’in', mama, now, I believe I ride 'em on down | 
| Told me baby, she, week 'fore last, «Look now, baby, gettin' just a little too | 
| fast.», I says | 
| I done stop holl’in', well, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| I done stopped holl’in', mama, how must I ride 'em on down? | 
| See, mama woman, what you done done, got me, sweet mama, now and your plumb | 
| good, man done come, I says | 
| I done stopped holl’in', well, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| Ride 'em on down, man, | 
| we don’t care | 
| I done stopped holl’in', mama, well, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| Play it, man, play it a long time! | 
| Babe up the stairs, mama, can’t come down, look now, man, she done lose her | 
| legs in old mornin' gown, I says | 
| Ooo, done stopped holl’in', mama, well, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| I done stopped holl’in', mama, well, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| Two little boys, I say now, layin' in the bed, one of 'em jumped up now, | 
| done told the last one, sure fell dead, I says | 
| Ooo, done stop holl’in now, mama, must I ride 'em on down? | 
| I done stopped holl’in', mama, well, must I ride 'em on down? |