You've got to have your fifteen dollars
Oh, Sweet Mama, Daddy's got them
Now once I had a sweetheart
who meant the world to me,
But she hung around Deep Ellum,
now she ain't what she used to be.
Oh, Sweet Mama, Daddy's got them
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them
When you go down in deep -allum,
keep your money in your shoes,
Cause the women in Deep Ellum
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them
When you go down in Deep Ellum,
keep your money in your pants
Cause the redheads in Deep Ellum
never give a man a chance
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them
daddy's got them deep -ellum blues.
Now once I knew a preacher,
preached the Bible through and through,
But he went out to Deep Ellum,
now his preachin' days are through
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them
When you go down in Deep Ellum,
keep your money in your socks
Cause the women in Deep Ellum
will throw you on the rocks
Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them