I did find transcriptions of a couple of verses from Floyd Jones:

“Whoaa well my mother died and left me
Ohh when I was quite young, when I was quite young …
Said Lord have mercy ooo, on my wicked son”

“Whoaa I had to travel, whoaa in the rain and snow in the rain and snow
My baby had quit me ooo (2×)
Have no place to go.”

These verses are from an analysis of various versions of the song from here (click)