Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Johnson, Robert
It's the last fair deal goin' down, last fair deal goin' down
It's the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord, on that Gulfport Island Road1
Please, Ida Belle, don't cry this time
Ida Belle, don't cry this time
If you cry about a nickel, you'll die 'bout a dime
She wouldn't cry, but the money won't2 mine
I love the way you do,
I love the way you do
I love the way you do, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road
My captain's so mean on me, my captain's so mean on me
My captain's so mean on me, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road
Take camp tain he and see, camp ain't he and see
At scal ain't be at seen3, good
Lord, on that Gulfport Island Road
Ah, this last fair deal goin' down,
it's the last fair deal goin' down
This' the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road1
I'm workin' my way back home,
I'm working my way back home
I'm workin' my way back home, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road
And that thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon
That thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon
And that thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon, good Lord, on that Gulfed-and-Port Island Road
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1) The Gulfport Island or Gulf & Ship
Island railroad linked the docks at Ship Island,
Mississippi, just off the main land at the city of
Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico with the main
railroad line at Jackson;
2) won't is a dialectic substitute for weren't;
3) Robert sure lost everyone here, a pure
phonetical transcription here, can't make head nor
tail of this part of the song.
Alternative text for this verse:
"The captain he can see, captain he can see
That captain he can see good lord
Oh that Gulfport Island Road"
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