When you go down to Deep Elem to have a little fun Have your ten dollars when that policeman comes Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
When you go up to Deep Elem, keep your money in your shoes Women in Deep Elem’s got the Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
Once I knew a preacher, preached the bible through and through But he went down in Deep Elem, now his preaching days are through Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
Once I had a girlfriend, she meant the world to me She went down to Deep Elem, now she ain’t what she used to be Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
When you go down to Deep Elem to have a little fun Have your fifteen dollars when that policeman comes Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues