Well I want you to come in here, woman Sit down on your daddy's knee I've got something I want to tell you, woman You know it's worrying me Well I'm going away to leave you, woman But I'll be back before long Well I'm gonna have to leave you, woman You can count the days that I'm gone Well I'm going down to Texas, woman Gonna hear my wild ox moan Well, I'm going out to find him, woman I'm bound to drive him on home Well I want you to come in here, woman Sit down on your daddy's knee I've got something I want to tell you, woman You know it's worrying me Well I'm going away to leave you, woman But I'll be back before long I don't want you to sit and cry, woman Your daddy is coming on home