baby please don't go, baby please don't go
baby please don't go down to new orleans
you know I love ya so

you know your man is gone, you know your man is gone
you know your man is gone down to Parchman farm
he got his shackles on

take me way down there, take me way down there
take me way down there, down to new orleans
baby please don't go

take me way down there, take me way down there
take me way down there, down to new orleans
baby please don't go

you know your man is gone, you know your man is gone
you know your man is gone down to Parchman farm
he got his shackles on

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