Slight variations appear in the Skip James Blues Collection (Hal Leonard):

I've been to the nation, and I've been to the territo(ry)
I've been to the nation, and I've been to the territo'
And I'm a hard luck child, catch the devil ev'rywhere I go

He work, I've said, on a long old a-lonesome road
He work, I said, way out on a long old lonesome road
I'm got to leave from here, gonna catch the first train that blow

She used to b mine, but look who's got her now
She used to b mine, but look who's got her now
And he sure can't keep her, she don't mean him no good no how

Now I believe to my soul I'm mama('s) bad luck child
Now I believe to my soul I am mama's bad luck child
Ad if I wasn't, these women would run me wild

-Chris