and gentlemen, this is Rodney Jones. Welcoming you to the

my home in Norfolk, VirginiaCalifornia on my mindStraddled that

Grandma and Grandpa did the Charleston RugAunt Mary and Uncle Joe,

very pleasant good morning to you left my

Kingston, Albany and on we goTo Utica, Syracuse,

I go, deep down in Louisiana close to New

like I'll go on through my life bound in sorrowI'm

I'm gonna give you tenI'm gonna give you twentyAnd honey, I'm

wasWhen we had fun on the school yard swingsWhen

I had a fine looking womanWho lived way 'cross this man's

wasn't me, babyNo, it wasn't me, babyIt must have been

stranger lying on a bar room floorHad drank so

bought a brand-new air-mobileIt was custom-made, 'twas a Flight

Well, down in Lousiana, close to New OrleansWay back up in

“Oh, look out!”Now deep down Louisiana, close to New OrleansWay back

down in Louisiana close to New OrleansDeep back up

de "Johnny Be en Guadalajara, donde yo encontréUna preciosa

Maybelline, why can't you be true?Oh Maybelline, why can't you be

left my home in Norfolk, VirginiaCalifornia on my mindStraddled

Some-times I will, then again I think I won'tSome-times I will,