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 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 '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