Here's my transcription from a sound file at The Internet Archive:


'TAIN'T NO DISGRACE TO RUN WHEN YOU ARE SKEERED
As sung by Bob Roberts (1904)

[VERSE?] There was a haunted mansion down in a southern town,
And big Sam Jones was called the bravest coon for miles around.
One hundred bills to anyone who'd in that mansion stay.
Sam said, "There's easy money; that reward they'll have to pay."
Then to the mansion Samson went to make himself a home.
When midnight came, a spook he said, "Why, Sam, we're all alone."
"Don't make that 'we' so strong," Sam said, while reachin' for the shelf.
"Just let me get my clothes, kind sir; then you'll be by yourself.

[CHORUS?] "'Cause it ain't no disgrace to run if you are scared.
I'll find my way back home about [or "without"?] bein' ...(?)[rhymes with "scared"]
"We've run," said the ghost, "till my legs are sore."
"That's nothin'" said Sam. "We're gonna run some more,
'Cause it ain't no disgrace to run if you are scared."