If I sit up, oh if I sit in the middle of the steamer

1. If I sit down, my dear, if I sit down in the middle of the steamer, ; God knows, my dear, God knows where I'll get out of it, ; From there I'll write my baby a sad letter, ; If she reads it, my dear, if she reads it, her weak heart will break. ; ; 2. If I sit down, my dear, if I sit down on my short-legged horse, ; I'll gallop away, my dear, gallop away to the blacksmith's gate, ; - Blacksmith, you old blacksmith, open your artificial door, ; Iron my, my dear, iron my short-legged horse again.