Sweet Home Chicago
Robert Johnson

Oh
     baby, don't you want to go
Oh
     baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
     to my sweet home Chicago

Oh
     baby, don't you want to go
Oh
     baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
     to my sweet home Chicago

Now one and one is two
     two and two is four
I'm heavy loaded baby
     I'm booked, I gotta go
Cryin', baby
     honey, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
     to my sweet home Chicago

Now two and two is four
     four and two is six
You gon' keep on monkeyin' 'round here friend-boy,
     you gon' get your
     business all in a trick
But I'm cryin', baby
     honey, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
     to my sweet home Chicago

Now six and two is eight
     eight and two is ten
Friend-boy, she trick you one time
     she sure gon' do it again
But I'm cryin', hey, hey
     baby, don't you want to go
To the land of California
     to my sweet home Chicago

I'm goin' to California
     from there to Des Moines, Iowa
Somebody will tell me that you
     need my help someday, cryin'
Hey, hey
     baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
     to my sweet home Chicago

Notes: "Friend-boy" is a dialectic substitute for "boyfriend" when used between men.