“Baby Please Don't Go”
Description
The prisoner begs his girl not to abandon him: "Now your man done gone (x3) To the county farm." "Baby, please don't go (x3) back to Baltimore." ""Turn your lamp down low." ""You know I loves you so." "I beg you all night long."
Recordings
- Sam Montgomery, "Baby Please Don't Go" (ARC 6-11-55, 1936)
- Tampa Red, "Baby Please Don't Go" (Decca 7278, 1937, rec. 1936)
- Joe Williams, "Baby Please Don't Go" (Bluebird B-6200, 1936, rec. 1935)
References
- Courlander-NFM, pp. 108-109, "Baby, Please Don't Go" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 65, "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1 text)
- BI, CNFM108