[Intro]
Way out there in the cotton
Sun beatin down so hard
Sweat rollin of this shovel
Diggin in the devil s boneyard
Sure like a cool drink of water
Soft rag to soothe my face
Sure like a woman to talk to in this place
It s a hundred and ten
Hundred and ten in the shade
Goin way down
Mama won t you carry me
Handle so hot I can t stand it
Might shrivel up and blow away
Noonday sun make you crazy
Least, that s what the old men say
Bottom land hard as a gravestone
Couldn t cut it with an axe
Gonna lay me down right here
And that s a fact
It s a hundred and ten
Hundred and ten in the shade
Goin way down
Mama won t you carry me
[Solo]
Sometimes late in the evenin
Everything is quiet and still
I set here and think about leavin
Lord, I guess I never will
Heartache down in that city
Bright light scares me anyway
Sure like a woman to talk in this place
It s a hundred and ten
Hundred and ten in the shade
Goin way down
Mama won t you carry me