Baby please don't go

baby please don't go,
baby please don't go,
baby please don't go,
down to New Orleans
you know I love you so,
baby please don't go.

baby your man done gone,
well your man done gone,
well your man done gone,
for the county farm,
he had the shackles on.
baby please don't go.

for be a dog,
for be a dog,
for be a dog,
to git you way down here,
I'll make you walk the log.
baby please don't go.

baby please don't go,
baby please don't go,
baby please don't go,
down to New Orleans,
you know I love you so.
baby please don't go.

for be a dog,
for be a dog,
for be a dog,
to git you way down here,
I'll make you walk the log.
baby please don't go.

'now how I feel right now,
my baby leavin',
on that midnight train,
and I'm cryin'.

baby please don't go,
baby please don't go,
baby please don't go,
down to New Orleans,
you know I love you so.
baby please don't go.

for be a dog,
for be a dog,
for be a dog,
to git you way down here.
I'll make you walk the log.
baby please don't go, yeah.

- Big Joe Williams

OK, now the long one. You can't go wrong with a 17 minute version of "baby, please don't go'. It's worth the wait for the download.

And one recorded after 1970.