Now baby, please don’ t go,
Now baby please don’t go.
Baby, please don’t go back to New Orleans
an’ get your cold ice cream.
I believe it - a man done gone,
I believe it - a man done gone.
I believe it - a man done gone to the county farm,
now with his long chain on.
Turn your lamp down low,
You turn your lamp down low.
Turn your lamp down low, I cried all night long,
‘now baby please don’t go’.
I begged you night before,
I begged you night before.
Begged you night before, turn your lamp down low,
'now baby, please don’t go’.
I believe my baby’s done lyin’,
I believe my baby’ s done lyin’.
I believe my baby she’s lyin’ says she didn’t have a man,
now while I had my time.
Fo’ I be your dog,
Spoken: “Play it”.
Ah! fo’ I be your dog.
Fo’ I be your dog, I’d pack my trunk this mornin’, baby,
go back to rollin’ fog.
I believe I’ll leave here,
I believe I’ll leave you here.
I believe I’ 11 leave you here, ‘cos you got me way up here
an’ you don’ t feel my care.
Now baby please don’t go,
Oh! baby, please don’ t go.
Ah! Baby, please don’t go, back to New Orleans,
you know I love you so.
I believe you’re tryin’ to leave me here,
Try to leave your daddy, here.
Try to leave your daddy, here, you got me way down here
an’ you don’ t feel my care