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