Follow me down
Follow me down
Follow me down by
Mr. Tom Hughes' town
This song was made when I was a boy
I put on long pants
I go down on Fannin Street and I goes into the bellhouse
The chicks is all again a-jumpin' around me and drinkin'
And I was sittin' there thinking
He says, «what is you thinkin' about?»
I said, «I'm settin' up a tune about Fannin Street»
He said, «Let's hear it»
My mama told me
«Women in Shreveport, son
Gonna be the death of you»
I told my mama
«Mama, you don’t know me
Women in Shreveport kill me
Why don’t you let me?»
I broke my mama’s heart
When I broke my mama’s heart, she come in a-cryin'
I couldn’t stand to hear my mama cryin', I go and fall on my knees
And beg her pardon for the words I said
I went to my mama, fell down on my knees
Crying, «Oh, Lordy, mama
Will you forgive me, please?»
I got a woman living on the backside of the jail
Make an honest living by the working of her tail