Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
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Lead Belly
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
Fannin Street was written by Lead Belly.
Lead Belly released Fannin Street on Sat Apr 01 1939.