I'm going on a great, great journey,
A better home to find.
When Jesus calls me,
I'll be ready to leave this world behind.
I've had enough of drinking whiskey.
Mama asked me before she died:
Trade your bottle fo ra Bible;
join me on the ther Side, so
l'm going on a great, great journey,
A better home to find.
When Jesus calls me,
I'll be ready to leave this world behind.
Give my guitar to my Daddy:
He stood by me for so long.
Give my fiddle to my brother,
Bid them play a happy song, because
I'm going on a great, great journey,
A better home to find.
When Jesus calls me,
I'll be ready to leave this world behind.
Here's some whiskey l left for you; everybody take aturn.
Float my pine box in the river.
Light it up and watch it burn.
For I'm going on a great, great journey,
A better home to find.
When Jesus calls me,
I'll be ready to leave this world behind.