Trouble in Mind

Trouble, trouble, it's trouble all the time. If trouble don't kill me, I'll live a long time. Ain't that trouble in mind? Ain't that trouble in mind?

My mammy told me something, my daddy told me more. If ever I married in my life, be trouble in my door. Ain't that trouble in mind? Ain't that trouble

in mind?

What my mammy tells me is sure to come to pass. A-drinkin' and a-gambling will be my ruin at last. Ain't that trouble in mind? Ain't that trouble in mind?

What my daddy tells me is sure to be done. I'll be in the penitentiary before I'm twenty-one. Ain't that trouble in mind? Ain't that trouble in mind?

Sometimes I have money, sometimes I have none. When I get on a drunken spree, my money is soon all gone. Ain't that trouble in mind? Ain't that trouble in

mind?

Sometimes I drink one dram, sometimes I drink two. When I get on a drunken spree, hard telling what I'll do. Ain't that trouble in mind? Ain't that trouble in

mind?

My daddy told me to marry, but not for love or riches. To marry a gal about six foot tall so she can wear the britches. Ain't that trouble in

mind? Ain't that trouble in mind?