Page From the B. Lovell Dime Song Book, Vol. 2
"It's Dark in New Orleans"
Written by Port Sulphur Band
Publication December 10, 1894

I'm heading south
Take that train
Packed a bag
Slipped away
They say it's dark in New Orleans
They say there's work for a woman like me

I killed a man, and a few more
I shot them down and left their bodies cooling on that old dirt floor
I killed another to get this seat on the train to New Orleans

Three days counting, Specters shine
There's gonna be trouble
Just my kind
I'll take this letter to New Orleans
They say there's work for a woman like me

I'm heading west
Take that train
Bound in blood
Bound in name
The bounty's high in New Orleans
I hear there's work for a man like me

They say good men must intervene
I have to wonder is this a nightmare or is it a dream?
Who am I kidding? For a man like me
There ain't no other than New Orleans

Three days counting, Specters shine
There's gonna be trouble, just my kind
I'll take this gun to New Orleans, they say there's work for a man like me

Three days counting, two hands more, hands'll be steady once first blood's upon the floor
Two above, three below
I'm counting graves that I will fill

Two above, three below
I'm counting graves that we will fill
We're counting graves that we will fill
That we will fill with men like me