[Verse 1: Velma Middleton]
I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm on my last go round

[Verse 2: Velma Middleton]
If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
Yes, feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
I'm gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway

[Verse 3: Velma Middleton]
Say St. Louis woman, wears her diamond ring
She pulls her man around by her apron strings
If it wasn't for the powder and the store-bought hair
Say, that man I love wouldn't have go nowhere, nowhere

[Verse 4: Velma Middleton]
Say, I love my man like a schoolboy love his pie
Like Louis Armstrong blows so nice and high
Gonna love that man until the day I die

[Verse 5: Louis Armstrong]
Yes, I been to the gypsy to get my fortunе told
Yes, been down to the gypsy to get my fortunе told
Because the gypsy goes crazy ‘bout my jelly roll, yeah yeah

[Verse 6: Louis Armstrong]
And when I went to the gypsy
She had fortunes all over the place, I’m telling you
Yes, the gypsy had
Fortunes all over the place
But when she looked into my hand
She slapped me right in the face

[Verse 7: Velma Middleton, (Louis Armstrong)]
Say I ain’t good looking baby (don’t say that)
No I ain’t built so fine
I ain’t good looking baby
Baby I ain’t built so fine (I’m worried ‘bout what’s on your mind)
But all the boys like me
‘Cause I take my time (that’s the trouble now, that’s the trouble)

[Verse 8: Louis Armstrong, (Velma Middleton)]
I’m gonna snatch me a picket
Off somebody’s fence
(Wait a minute now don’t go berserk, now wait a minute)
Yes, I’m gonna grab me a picket
Off of somebody’s fence
(Hold everything Pops)
And I’m gonna whip you over your big head
Until you learn some sense