(Big Joe Williams)

Yeeeaaahhh...

A baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Yeeeaaahhh...

A baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
Baby please don't go

Well your man done gone
Well your man done gone
Yeah... Ya man down gone down the county farm
He got the shackles on
Baby please don't go

So I'll be the dog
So I'll be the dog... Yeah
So I'll be the dog... Get'cha way down here
'n make you walk the log
Baby please don't go... Yeah

Well alright...

Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go down to New Orleans
Ya know I love ya so
Baby please don't go

And I feel it right now...
My baby's leavin'
On that midnight train
And I'm dyin'... Dyin'... Dyin'... Dyin'... Dyin'... Die... Die... Die...

Yeeeeaaaahhhh...
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go down to New Orleans
Ya know I love ya so
A baby please don't go

Yeah...
Yeah...
Well alright... Alright... Alright... Alright...

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