Verse 1:

Way down in Virginia

Amongst the tall grown sugar canes

Lived a simple man and a domineering hen

And a rose of a different name



Verse 2:

The first time I fell lightly

I was standing in the drizzling rain

With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin

And a rose of a different name



Chorus:

The devil made me do it the first time

The second time I done it on my own

Lord put a handle on a simple handed man

And help me leave that black rose alone



Verse 3:

When the devil made that woman

Lord she threw the pattern away

She was built for speed with the tools you need

To make a new fool every day



Verse 4:

Way down deep and dirty

On the darker side of shame

I caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin

With a rose of a different name



Chorus (x2).