When you go down in Deep Elem Just to have a little fun Better have fifteen dollars When that policeman come If you go down in Deep Elem, Keep your money in your pants; The women in Deep Elem Never give the men a chance. Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got the Deep Elem Blues. [instrumental break - mandolin and guitar] Now once I knew a preacher, Preached the Bible through and through, He went down in Deep Elem, Now his preaching days are through. 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. If you go down to Deep Elum, Take your money in your pants; The women in Deep Elem Never give the men a chance. Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got the Deep Elem Blues.
