Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle Where do you think you're at, pretty mama? Blues in the bottle, where do you think you're at? You went and kicked my dog And now you drowned my cat Gone to Chattanooga, gone to Chattanooga See my ponies run, pretty mama Gone to Chattanooga, to see my ponies run If I win a prize I'll give my baby some Rooster chews tobacco, rooster chews tobacco Hen uses snuff, pretty mama Rooster chews tobacco, and the hen uses snuff The baby chickens don't take nothin' But they just strut their stuff Gone to silly putty, gone to silly putty Sorry I can't take you, pretty mama Gone to silly putty, sorry I can't take you I can't abide no woman Who goes 'round sniffin' glue