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

Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone

Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go

You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog

Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long

Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone

You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
To the country farm, with all the shackles on

Documentation

This song has been covered by many different artists including John Lennon, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ted Nugent, and Thin Lizzy.  Aerosmith released this as their first single on the 2004 release Honkin On Bobo.

Rick performed part of this song at the acoustic performance he did at the Borders in Santa Barbara, CA on 4/17/04.