Well cutting through the cane break, rattling the sill
  Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill
  Big light on the back street, hill to ever more
  Packing down the ladder with the hammer to the floor
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen the big black Ford
      Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame
  Hunted Black Johnny with a blind man's cane
  A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind
  An old blind tiger, got an old bell Jim
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford
      Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue
  Off to bed without his supper like a Linda brides do
  He got to do the story with the old widow Jones
  Got a wooden coat, this boy is never coming home
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen that big black Ford
  Cut through the canebrake, oh yeah
      Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame
  Flat Blue Johnny with a blind man's cane
  A hundred yellow bullets shook a rag out in the wind
  An old blind tiger, on a bell you win
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
  Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford