From the Jug Band Rag

DOWNTOWN BLUES
Frank Stokes/ Dan Sane
on JIM KWESKIN AND THE JUG BAND
and SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR TITLE

Hey little mamma, the world done gone away.
Hey little mamma, the world done gone away.
I got a bad luck deal, give me troubling every day.

I'm going, I'm going, put a black crepe on your door.
I'm going, I'm going, put a black crepe on your door.
Tell 'em your man done ditched you, don't dome to your house no more.

I'm going downtown; I'm going down after dark.
I'm going downtown; I'm going down after dark.
Hey, little mamma, cause I'm about to carry on.

Look out baby, now mamma when I get back,
Look out baby, now mamma when I get back,
I don't want to find no monkey man lining my track.

I got a gal in the country, got two that stays in town.
I got a gal in the country, got two that stays in town.
The reason I treat 'em so nice is one might throw me down.

I'm going downtown; I'm going down after dark.
I'm going downtown; I'm going down after dark.
Hey, little mamma, cause I'm about to carry on.