Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Yeah, you made me walk from Chicago, baby, down to the Gulf of Mexico Now, look-a here, Louise Now, what you tryin' to do? You tryin' to make me love you, and you love some other man too Whoa Louise, baby that will never do Yeah, you know you can't love Big Bill, baby, and love some other man too Louise, I believe Somebody been fishin' in my pond They been catchin' all my perches, grinding up the bone Whoa Louise, baby why don't you hurry home? Yeah you know, you know, Louise, I ain't had no lovin', not since you been gone Louise, you know you got ways, like a rattlesnake and a squirrel Now, when you start the lovin', I declare, it's out of this world Whoa Louise, baby, why don't you hurry home? Yes, I ain't had no lovin' baby, not since my Louise been gone Louise, the big boat's up the river, now she's on a bag of sand Now she don't strike deep water, I declare she'll never land Whoa Louise, baby why don't you hurry home? Yeah you know, you know Louise, I ain't had no lovin', not since you been gone