I had me a girl
Who taught me those things
A young man should know

Down, down on my knees
I'd beg and I'd plead
To learn a little bit more

Oh that woman taught me to pray
I saw Heaven every day
Lord, she could

Oooooooo
Ooooooohhhhohhhh
Ooooooo

Ooooohhhhhhhhhh
I had me a boy
Who buttoned me down

Drew me a line
He, he washed me as clean
As a sinner could be

Showed me the light
Oh that boy, he taught me to pray
But for all of his spit-shinin' ways

Lord, he could
Oooooooo
Ooooooohhhhohhhh

Ooooooo
Ooooohhhhhhhhhh
I had me a girl

Like cigarette smoke
She came and she went
I slipped through his hands

To my back door man
Under his chin
Oh that woman taught me to pray

But for all her wandering ways
She could
Oooooooo

Ooooooohhhhohhhh
Ooooooo
Ooooohhhhhhhhhh