[00:07.71](Dolly Parton)
[00:09.27]The man I loved ran a salesman route
[00:11.67]Selling goods from house to house
[00:17.94]Now I knew my mama would never stand
[00:20.67]For me stepping out with no traveling man
[00:27.00]Mama bought things that he was a'selling
[00:29.76]But mama didn't know and
[00:30.87]I sure wasn't telling
[00:36.00]That behind her back
[00:37.44]I was making plans
[00:38.79]To meet somewhere with that traveling man
[00:45.36]Oh the traveling man was a good bit older
[00:48.12]But a girl needs arms to hold her
[00:50.43]Mama didn't know 'cause
[00:51.75]I didn't told her
[00:52.83]But mama wouldn't understand
[00:55.14]Me stepping out with a traveling man
[01:04.35]Mama didn't allow me a'going courting
[01:06.75]And I'd tell lies that
[01:08.01]I reckon I oughtn't
[01:10.14]Oh but she'd a'give me the back a' her hand
[01:15.81]If she'd a'seen me with that traveling man
[01:22.14]So I tell my mama that
[01:23.76]I reckon I oughta
[01:24.93]Go to the spring and fetch us some water
[01:31.35]What mama didn't know is
[01:32.82]I had a plan
[01:33.90]To meet down there with that traveling man
[01:40.47]Now I make plans to run away
[01:42.66]With that traveling man on a
[01:48.72]SaturdayWell
[01:49.05]Saturday's here and here
[01:50.67]I standAnd there goes my mama with that traveling man
[01:57.63]Oh that traveling man was a two-time lover
[02:00.36]He took my love then he took my mother
[02:02.76]But I didn't know 'cause mama didn't told me and
[02:05.43]I don't understand
[02:07.53]My mama running off with my traveling man
[02:15.12]Mama, you know you oughtn't a'done that
[02:16.95]You just like my daddy
[02:18.24]He run off before
[02:19.14]I ever knowed him
[02:20.34]You done run-off with my traveling man
[02:22.29]And I really don't think
[02:23.37]I ever knowed you either
[02:25.44]Oh there goes my mama with my traveling man
[02:28.02]And I'm really gonna miss that traveling man
[02:30.69]Mm-hm

(Dolly Parton)
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 'cause
I didn't told her
But mama wouldn't understand
Me stepping out with a traveling man
Mama didn't allow me a'going courting
And I'd tell lies that
I reckon I oughtn't
Oh but she'd a'give me the back a' her hand
If she'd a'seen me with that traveling man
So I tell my mama that
I reckon I oughta
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
SaturdayWell
Saturday's here and here
I standAnd 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 'cause mama didn't told me and
I don't understand
My mama running off with my traveling man
Mama, you know you oughtn't a'done that
You just like my daddy
He run off before
I ever knowed him
You done run-off with my traveling man
And I really don't think
I ever knowed you either
Oh there goes my mama with my traveling man
And I'm really gonna miss that traveling man
Mm-hm