Woo-oh-oh-oh
    if I ever make it baby ah-ah
                                            I be long gone
Woo-oh-oh-oh
    the captain said
                                            a-hurry a-hurry along
Woo
    and the sergeant said run

Woo
    if I had my thirty-eight forty ah-ah
                                            I wouldn't do either one

Woo-oh-oh-oh
    I'm goin' down in Louisiana oh-oh
                                            don't you want to go

Woo
    I'm goin' down in Louisiana
                                            don't you want to go

Woo-oh-oh-oh
    you took for me in Louisiana oh-oh
                                            I be long gone

Woo
    you look for me in Louisiana
                                            I be long gone

Woo-oh-oh-oh
    you can tell everybody ah-ah
                                            that I'll be gone

Woo
    I be by to see you uh-uh
                                            'fore the summer gone

Woo
    I might be in a hurry ah-ah
                                            I can’t stay very long