If you go to Banglin' tell all my boys
If you go to Banglin' tell all my boys, What a time I had in Illinois

If you get there before I do, If You get there before I do gonna tell my friends I'm comin' through,
comin' through, ,comin' through
Gonna tell my boys I'm comin' through

Put a hole in my pocket and my change will fall through
Put a hole in my pocket and my change will fall through
Gonna buy my babe some broken shoes

I gin my cotton and sell my seed
I gin my cotton and sell my seed
Gon' give my baby, everything she needs,
everything she needs, everything she needs
Gon' give my baby, everything she needs

You go to Banglin' tell all my boys, You go out to Banglin' tell all my boys,
What a time I had in Illinois

I've been to Texas Arkansas, I've been to Texas Arkansas,
I never had a good time till I got to Illinois, Illinois
I never had a good time till I got to Illinois"