Sides face grand square
Everybody calls me Beau, got no money but I hoe my row
Some folks say I'm just a no good guy
See that great big moon above, this hobo's life is the life I love
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Circle left
Hear that lonesome whistle whine smell the tar of Georgia pines
Allemande left the corner maid, come back one and promenade
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line

Heads square thru count 'em 4 hands round you know
With the sides you make a right hand star
The heads star left, roll it one time and then
Same pair you do a right & left thru
Star thru, pass thru, swing the corner lady to
Swing the corner lady round and promenade go round the town
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line

Sides face grand square
Had me a woman in Albany but her rowdy ways made a wreck of me
And I had to get away before I lost my mind
As long as this rattler takes me round, ain't no woman gonna tie me down
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Circle left
Hear that lonesome whistle whine, Alabama and Caroline
Allemande left the corner maid, come back one and promenade
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line

Sides face grand square
I make my coffee in a can but this bo ain't a worried man
Morning sun greets me with the shine
I go south when the trade winds blow and I go north where there ain't no snow
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Circle left
Hear that lonesome whistle whine, smell the tar of Georgia pines
Allemande left the corner maid, come back one and promenade
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal line