Well I used to be a ramblin' gal Oh but I got tired and I settled down A long long ways my feet did trod Till the life got heavy and the times got hard I've been out east and I've been out west But the southern states are ones I love the best Alabam, Mississipp, Louisianne Oh the Carolines, Tennessee and Georgia's kind Well in California, I nearly lost my head I wound up wishing that I was dead But when I reached that old Cheyenne I was feeling clear, wanted to live again Well I shed a tear in nearly every state Just wandering down that lost highway And now the open road starts to calling me But there ain't no place that I wanna be Yes I used to be a rambling gal Oh but I got tired and I settled down