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 When the man done gone, when the man done gone When the man done gone down the county farm He got the shackles on, baby, please don't go, don't leave me I'll be a dog, I'll be a dog, I'll be a dog Kiss your way down here when you walk along Baby, please don't go Why must you leave me lying on my back? Going across the other side of the track Found yourself a new man I know So baby, please don't go, baby, please don't go Oh please, please, don't leave me I don't want to be left alone, baby Oh, don't go, don't go, don't go