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
  
   Baby, your mind done gone
   Well, your mind done gone
   Well, your mind done gone
   Left the county farm
   You had the shackles on
   Baby, please don't go
  
   Before I be your dog
   Before I be your dog
   Before I be your dog
   To git you way down here
   I make you walk alone
   Baby, please don't go
   Hey
  
   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
  
   Before I be your dog
   Before I be your dog
   Before I be your dog
   Git you way down here
   Make you walk alone
   Baby, please don't go
  
   Know how I feel right now
   My baby leavin', on that midnight train
   And I'm cryin'
  
   Baby, please don't go
   Oh, 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
   Let's go
  
   Before I be your dog
   Before I be your dog
   Before I be your dog
   To git you way down here
   I make you walk alone
   Baby, please don't go, yeah
  
   Alright