Riding down the southern road
Catch her if you can
You better run, run
Run the way that Sally run
Afore she finds another man
Brush them horses down boy
Get 'em ready to ride
You better run, run
Run the way that Sally run
Find the place she went to hide
Look for her on the eastern shore
By the stormy sea
You better run, run
Run the way that Sally run
Or lonely you'll forever be
Go down to the ocean cold
Pick up a blue seashell
You better run run
Run to where Miss Sally run
Or you're bound straight for hell
Rain's a comin' down little boy
River's runnin high
You better run, run
Run the way that Sally run
Right up the mountainside!
Ride out on the western road
To the desert dry
You better run run
Run the way that Sally run
Or else you're a bound to cry
Kneel down to the desert floor
Pick up a grain of sand
You better run run
Run the way that Sally run
Over every inch of land
Go north to the river boy
Pick a flower for her hair
You better run run
Run the way that Sally run
To the north country faire
Ya been everywhere in this whole wide world
Where ever could she be?
You better run run
Run the way that Miss Sally run
Into eternity