Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Yeah, you made me walk from Chicago, baby Down to the Gulf of Mexico Now, look a-here, Louise Now, what you tryin' to do? You tryin' to make me love you And you love some other man too Whoa, Louise, baby, that will never do Yeah, you know you can't love Big Bill, baby And love some other man too Louise, I believe Somebody been fishin' in my pond They been catchin' all my perches Grinding up the bone Whoa, Louise, baby, why don't you hurry home? Yeah, you know, you know, Louise I ain't had no lovin', not since you been gone Louise, you know you got ways Like a rattlesnake and a squirrel Now, when you start the lovin' I declare, it's out of this world Whoa, Louise, baby, why don't you hurry home? Yes, I ain't had no lovin', baby Not since my Louise been gone Louise, the big boat's up the river Now she's on a bag of sand Now she don't strike deep water I declare, she'll never land Whoa, Louise, baby, why don't you hurry home? Yeah, you know, you know, Louise I ain't had no lovin', not since you been gone