Rich girl rides in big fine car
Poor girl does the same
My girl rides in a model T Ford
But she gets there just the same.
Coming round the mountain charming Besty (get her boy) [or "get it girl"]
Coming round the mountain Cora Lee (poor thing)
And if I never see her again
That good gal remembers me.
Rich girl lives in a big brick house,
Poor girl does the same.
My gal lives in the Nashville jail
It's a brick house just the same.
Rich girl wears that costly perfume
Bow ties and fancy cloths
My gal wear her old overalls
With the strings hanging down to her toes
Rich girl uses Vaseline
Poor girl uses lard.
My gal uses axle grease
Cause she takes it twice as hard.