1 I wish I was a catfish, swimmin' in the sea

2 The gals'd call me Daddy, I'd be the hepest cat around,

3 Now where the Mississippi is runnin' deep and wide

4 Well, I walked all over Memphis, 'n started right down Beale,

5 Then I left ol Beale Street, 'n started down the Vine,

6 I done walked all over Rockney, blue as I can be

7 Let me tell you men, just what we mustn't do

1 Lots of pretty women just a'swimmin' after me

2 An' all the women want me 'cause me cookin'll put me down

3 I can see my gal a'standin' there on the other side

4 I was lookin' for this woman that they called Lucille,

5 Lookin' for the woman they call Lizzie - to make 'er mine,

6 Lookin' for these gals that made a sucker out of me

7 Never let a woman tell you she's in love with you

1 Then I'd move, then I'd move, Lord I'd move to Kansas City hun'

2 Why I'd move, I'd done move, I'd done move to Kansas City, 'hun

3 But when I get there honey, she done moved! She done moved to Kansas City

4 Well, she done moved to Kansas City, done moved to Kansas City, 'hun

5 But she done moved to Kansas City, yeah she moved just like the rest

6 They done moved, they done moved, to Kan as City, 'hun

7

1 Baby where they don't want you.

2 Baby where they don't want you, no Lord!

3 She done moved, she done moved, baby she just done like you

4 She done moved, baby-honey, why, she done like you.

5 She done moved, done moved oh my Lordy, just another pest!

6 Baby where they don't want you. No, no, no!

7 Baby where they don't want any o'you!

Instrumental blues interlude after 2nd, 4th and 6th lines.