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 getcha way down here
'N make you walk the log
Baby, please don't go, yeah

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', dyin', dyin', dyin'
Dyin', dyin', dyin', dyin', dyin'

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