It's cold as a well
In Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody
I ain't got nobody
Shouldn't have drunk that wine
It messed up my country mind
But I didn't know
That pretty gal wasn't free
Not free
And someone called the law
And I had a southern drawl
The first one they locked up
You're right was me
Now it's cold as a well
In Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody
I ain't got nobody
I heard a lot about
That great mid western town
So I thought I'd better go
And look around
Look around
Couldn't find me no job
And my kind just don't rob
But they don't want
No southern bums around
And it's cold as well
In Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody
I ain't got nobody
Lord, an Appalachian boy
Ain't never known much joy
But I was better off
In my Blueridge Mountain home
Sweet home
I could see the light of day
I could while the time away
On the morning the government
Gave me to live on
Oh, it's cold as well
In Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody
I ain't got nobody