Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low. Yes now, wake up mama, turn your lamp down low. Have you got the nerve to drive poor papa Taj from your door? Woke up this mornin' baby, I had them Statesboro blues. Statesboro Georgia, that is. Woke up this mornin,

Baby, please don't go Before I be your dog Turn your lamp down low You know your man down gone You brought me way down here Baby, please don't go Down to New Orleans, you know I love you so I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone I beg you all

Baby, please, don't go Turn your lamp down low You got me way down here Baby, please, don't go back to New Orleans Because I love you so Turn your lamp down low; my heart is beating so So, baby, please, don't go Made me weep and moan You made me weep and

Love your daddy all night long Girl, I'm in love with you so Turn your lamp down low Please, baby, come on Baby, please, come on Woo, well, don't you know, baby? Child, don't you know, baby? Oww, don't you know, baby? Little girl, little girl, don't you

Oh baby, you don't have to go I beg you all night, baby, you don't have to go Oh baby, what's gettin' wrong with you Oh baby, turn your lamp down low You don't treat me nothin' like you used to do Well, I gave you all of my money, let you go downtown You

So turn me on, turn me on, now Turn your lamps down low, now So we ain't gonna linger no more In a time like this I know the feeling is so hard to resist Soon forward, come turn me on You told me that you soon forward, come turn me on, now Don't you stay

Baby, please, don't go Turn your lamp down low You got me way down here Baby, please, don't go back to New Orleans Because I love you so Turn your lamp down low; my heart is beating so So, baby, please, don't go Made me weep and moan You made me weep and