I've been down to Mississippi

Down through New Orléans

Yes I have

I've played in California

There ain't too much I haven't seen

No there ain't

Lord, I'm a ramblin' man

Don't fool around with a ramblin' man

Left a girl in West Virginia

Up there where that green grass grows

Yes I did

Got a girl in Cincinnati

Waitin' where the Ohio River flows

Oh, girl

I'm a ramblin' man

Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man

But I'm a ramblin' man

Don't mess around within your ramblin' man

You better not

Well, up in Chicago

I was known as quite a boy

Yes I was

Down in Alabama

They call me the man of joy

Still do

Well, I'm a ramblin' man

Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man

Oh, I'm a ramblin' man

Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man