they told me don'cha go down to that city
don't you go down to that city
i say
for there's trouble there for sure and it's no concern of yours
and it's all i have to hear them people say
if you don't look around
you won't see my a-goin'
see me a-goin' that way
if you don't look around
you'll have no way of knowin'
i don't think you even know what i say
and i saw children just walkin' 'long and singin'
when a voice from behind me rang through
then i saw an ugly man with a mad dog in his hand
he said
stand right there. i'll turn him loose on you"