BABY PLEASE DON'T GO
(Traditional)

Baby, please don't go. Baby, please don't go.
Baby, please don't go back to New Orleans. You know I love you so.

Turn your lamp down low. Turn your lamp down low.
Turn your lamp down low. I love you so. Baby, please don't go.

You got me ball-and-chained. You got me ball-and-chained.
You got me ball-and-chained. I musta been insane. Baby, please don't go

(Repeat first verse.)

I wanta be your slave. I wanta be your slave.
I wanta be your slave till I'm in my grave. Baby, please don't go.

You got me way down here. You got me way down here.
You got me way down here, cryin'. Baby, please don't go.

(Repeat first verse.)
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As sung by Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown on "Friend of Mine," Philo 1151. Also in the collection "Hills of Home," Rounder CD AN 18/19. JTD