Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night
   Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night
   Well, red twenty-seven didn’t do me right
  
   Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down
   Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down
   Well, now that I’m a poor man, I got no frends around
  
   I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill
   I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill
   I need a whole lotta money so I can pay my bills
  
   Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go
   Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go
   I had to leave my home town, ‘cos they don’t want me no more