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If you go down to Deep Elem,
Put your money in your shoes,
The women in Deep Elem
Got them Deep Elem Blues.
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got the Deep Elem Blues.
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got the Deep Elem Blues.
If you go down to Deep Elem
Just to have a little fun,
Have your sixteen dollars ready
When that police wagon comes.
Well, I went down to Deep Elem
Just to get a little booze,
And now I'm on the chain gang
Wearing them brogan shoes.
Now I once knew a preacher,
Preached the Bible through and through,
He went down into Deep Elem,
Now his preaching days are through.
Well, I went down to Black Bottom
Just to get a little booze,
And now I'm on the chain gang
Wearing them brogan shoes.
Now I once had a sweet gal,
Lord, she meant the world to me;
She went down into Deep Elem;
She ain't what she used to be.
Her papa's a policeman
And her mama walks the street;
Her papa met her mama
When they both were on the beat.
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