Dolly Parton - Traveling Man lyrics
Dolly Parton [Dolly Rebecca Parton] Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Dolly Parton - Traveling Man lyrics]
The man I loved ran a salesman route
Selling goods from house to house
Now I knew my mama would never stand
For me stepping out with no traveling man
Mama bought things that he was a'selling
But mama didn't know and
I sure wasn't telling
That behind her back I was making plans
To meet somewhere with that traveling man
Oh the traveling man was a good bit older
But a girl needs arms to hold her
Mama didn't know because I didn't told her
But mama wouldn't understand
Me stepping out with a traveling man
Mama didn't allow me going courting
And I'd tell lies that I reckon I oughtn't
Oh but she'd give me the back her hand
If she'd seen me with that traveling man
So I tell my mama that I reckon I ought to
Go to the spring and fetch us some water
What mama didn't know is I had a plan
To meet down there with that traveling man
Now I make plans to run away
With that traveling man on a Saturday
Well Saturday's here and here I stand
And there goes my mama
With that traveling man
Oh that traveling man was a two-time lover
He took my love then he took my mother
But I didn't know because mama didn't
Told me and I don't understand
My mama running off with my traveling man
Mama, you know you oughtn't done that
You just like my daddy
He run off before I ever know him
You done run-off with my traveling man
And I really don't think I
Ever know you either
Oh there goes my mama with my traveling man
And I'm really going to
Miss that traveling man mm hm
Selling goods from house to house
Now I knew my mama would never stand
For me stepping out with no traveling man
Mama bought things that he was a'selling
But mama didn't know and
I sure wasn't telling
That behind her back I was making plans
To meet somewhere with that traveling man
Oh the traveling man was a good bit older
But a girl needs arms to hold her
Mama didn't know because I didn't told her
But mama wouldn't understand
Me stepping out with a traveling man
Mama didn't allow me going courting
And I'd tell lies that I reckon I oughtn't
Oh but she'd give me the back her hand
If she'd seen me with that traveling man
So I tell my mama that I reckon I ought to
Go to the spring and fetch us some water
What mama didn't know is I had a plan
To meet down there with that traveling man
Now I make plans to run away
With that traveling man on a Saturday
Well Saturday's here and here I stand
And there goes my mama
With that traveling man
Oh that traveling man was a two-time lover
He took my love then he took my mother
But I didn't know because mama didn't
Told me and I don't understand
My mama running off with my traveling man
Mama, you know you oughtn't done that
You just like my daddy
He run off before I ever know him
You done run-off with my traveling man
And I really don't think I
Ever know you either
Oh there goes my mama with my traveling man
And I'm really going to
Miss that traveling man mm hm