Ida Red - Woody Guthrie

Down the river and across the creek

Don’t get a letter but once a week

Down the river and across the creek

Don’t get a letter but once a week

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Ida Red, big and plump

Eighty-four inches around the rump

Ida Red, big and plump

Eighty-four inches around the rump

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Ida Red jumped the fence

I ain’t seen my Ida since

Ida Red jumped the fence

I ain’t seen my Ida since

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Hurry up boy and on you go

Circle four in the middle of the floor

Maybe the last time, I don’t know

Hurry up lord, don’t go slow

Buy me a horse, buy me a sled

Take me riding, Ida Red

Buy me a horse, buy me a sled

Take me riding, Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Red

Can’t make a living for Ida Red