My baby please don't go
My baby please don't go
My baby please don't go back to New Orleans,
honey, I love you so
Oh, don't you call my name
Oh, don't you call my name
Oh, don't you call my name you got me way down here, wearin' the balls and chains
Baby, please don't go
My baby please don't go
My baby please don't go
My baby please don't go back to New Orleans,
old Sonny love you so
Yes, your man done gone
You know your man done gone
You know your man done gone to the kindy home,
he got the shackles on, he got the shackles on
Oh, baby please don't go
Oh, baby please don't go
Oh, baby please don't go back to New Orleans,
old Sonny love you so
I turn your lamp down low
I turn your lamp down low
I turn your lamp down low
Baby please don't go back to New Orleans,
honey, I love you so
Oh, don't you call my name
Don't you call my name
Don't you call my name you got me way down here, wearin' the balls and chains
Baby please don't go
Oh, baby please don't go
Oh, baby please don't go
Oh, baby please don't go back to New Orleans,
honey, I love you so
Baby please don't go you know I love you so