Louise, Louise
by 
Big Bill Broonzy 
recording of 1957 
from Big Bill Broonzy Sings Country Blues (Folkways LP FS2326), 
Louise, you the sweetest gal I know 
Louise, you the sweetest gal I know 
Yeah, you made me walk from Chicago, baby, 
down to the Gulf of Mexico 
Now, look-a here, Louise 
Now, what you tryin' to do? 
You tryin' to make me love you, 
and you love some other man too 
Whoa Louise, baby that will never do 
Yeah, you know you can't love Big Bill, baby, 
and love some other man too 
Louise, I believe 
Somebody been fishin' in my pond 
They been catchin' all my perches, 
grinding up the bone 
Whoa Louise, baby why don't you hurry home? 
Yeah you know, you know, Louise, 
I ain't had no lovin', not since you been gone 
Louise, you know you got ways, 
like a rattlesnake and a squirrel 
Now, when you start the lovin', 
I declare, it's out of this world 
Whoa Louise, baby, why don't you hurry home? 
Yes, I ain't had no lovin' baby, 
not since my Louise been gone 
Louise, the big boat's up the river, 
now she's on a bag of sand 
Now she don't strike deep water, 
I declare she'll never land 
Whoa Louise, baby why don't you hurry home? 
Yeah you know, you know Louise, 
I ain't had no lovin', not since you been gone