Lyrics:

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