Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Ain't no telling just how fur I'll go I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee Get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee I told you I's a-commin' soon, you'd better look for me (break) Honey, I can't lay down on your bed You know that I can't lay down on your bed Yes, you know that I can't lay down 'cross your pretty bed 'cause my good woman she might kill me dead And don't you let my good gal catch you here No don't you let my good gal catch you here Doo, she might shoot you, cut and stump you too Ain't no tellin' what o' she might do Ooh, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know Now the way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Thinking goin' turn over, tryin' sleepin' on my side Ooh , make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know (Make that pallet, honey)