Last Fair Deal Gone Down

(album: The Robert Johnson Songbook - 1998)

It's the last fair deal going down
Last fair deal going down
It's the last fair deal going down, good Lord
On that Gulfport Island Road

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't 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 seen, good Lord
On that Gulfport Island Road

Ah, this last fair deal going down
It's the last fair deal going down
This' the last fair deal going down, good Lord
On this Gulfport Island Road

I'm working my way back home
I'm working my way back home
I'm working my way back home, good Lord
On this Gulfport Island Road

And that thing don't keep-a ringing so soon
That thing don't keep-a ringing so soon
And that thing don't keep-a ringing so soon
Good Lord, on that Gulfed-and-Port Island Road