Take care of my wife and my baby A-tell 'em I will be back home, someday Take care of my wife and my baby A-tell 'em I will be back home, someday Now, it was stormin', it was raining Man, the day that she walked away I walk this old highway Forty long days an night I walk this old highway, now You know, forty long days an night, yeah Now, an I was just thinkin' about my baby Man, she just a-won't treat me right, yeah Now, the sun is growin' hot, mm Baby, an my shoes is gettin' awful thin You know, the sun is growin hot, mm Oh baby, an my shoes is getting awful thin Now, an I was just wonderin' if my baby Oh Lord, would take me back again, now? 'Alright Lacey, play' Lord, the train is blowin' An it is comin' around the bend, yeah You know the train is blowin' An it is comin' around the bend, yeah You know, an I'm just sittin' here thinkin' A-will my baby take me back, again? You know I left my baby Now, when she was only fo' days old You know, I left my little baby A-now, when she was only fo' days old, now I just hope she don't learn To call no other man, 'Daddy' You know, that's what worries me so.