Born Down in Texas

Well I was born down in Texas

And that’s where they’ll bury me

Well I was born down in Texas

And that’s where they’ll bury me

I got me a woman

Up in Memphis, Tennessee

I been down to Louisiana

Chasing that voodoo thing

I been down to Louisiana

Chasing that old voodoo thing

Take me back to Texas Lord

So I can hear the angels sing

I call up my memphis mama

And tell her to meet me in New Orleans

Buy yourself a ticket

On a Mississippi river Delta Queen

I’ll be coming East

Across the old Sabine

South of the Red River

Up north of the Rio Grande

South of the Red River

Up north of the Rio Grande

That’s where they’ll dig my grave child

I hope you understand

‘Cause I was born down in Texas

And that’s where they’ll bury me

Yes I was born down in Texas

That’s where they’ll bury me

Give my love to that woman

Up in Memphis, Tennessee