I hate's to see dat ev'nin' sun go down
Hate's to see dat ev'nin' sun go down
Cause ma baby, she done lef' dis town.
If I feel tomorrow lak ah feel today
Feel tomorrow lak ah feel today,
I'll pack up my trunk, and make ma git away.

Saint louis woman wid her diamon' rings
Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings.
'twern't for powder an' her store-bought hair
De man she love wouldn't gone nowhere, nowhere.

Like a man done throwed that rock down into de sea
Got dem saint louis blues I'm as blue as ah can be.

Went to de gypsy get her fortune tole
To de gypsy, done got her fortune tole,
Cause she most wile 'bout her jelly roll.
Now dat gypsy tole her, "don't you wear no black."
She done tole her, "don't you wear no black.
Go to saint louis, you can win him back."