Bound No’th Blues + 

Goin’ down de road, Lawd, + 

Goin’ down de road. + 

Down de road, Lawd, + 

Way, way down de road. + 

Got to find somebody + 

To help me carry dis load. + 

Road’s in front o’ me, + 

Nothin’ to do but walk. + 

Road’s in front o’ me, + 

Walk⁠ ⁠… and walk⁠ ⁠… and walk. + 

I’d like to meet a good friend + 

To come along an’ talk. + 

Hates to be lonely, + 

Lawd, I hates to be sad. + 

Says I hates to be lonely, + 

Hates to be lonely an’ sad, + 

But ever friend you finds seems + 

Like they try to do you bad. + 

Road, road, road, O! + 

Road, road⁠ ⁠… road⁠ ⁠… road, road! + 

Road, road, road, O! + 

On de No’thern road. + 

These Mississippi towns ain’t + 

Fit fer a hoppin’ toad. + 