Chorus:
Waterbound and I can't get home,
Waterbound and I can't get home,
Waterbound and I can't get home,
Down in North Carolina.

Chicken crowing in the old pine tree,
Chicken crowing in the old pine tree,
Chicken crowing in the old pine tree,
Down in North Carolina.

I'm going home to the one I love,
I'm going home to the one I love,
I'm going home to the one I love,
Down in North Carolina.

Old man's mad and I don't care,
Old man's mad and I don't care,
Old man's mad and I don't care,
Down in North Carolina.

Wheelbarrow's sittin' in the old cowshed,
Wheelbarrow's sittin' in the old cowshed,
Wheelbarrow's sittin' in the old cowshed,
Down in North Carolina.