Way down in Columbus, Georgia
What to be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Friends have turned their backs on me
Go and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another
Leave me darling, I don't mind
Last night as I lay sleeping
I dreaming that you were in my arms
Then I found I was mistaken
I was peeping through the bars
* Refrain