It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,
last fair deal goin´ down
It´s the last fair deal goin´ down, good Lord,
on that Gulfport Island Road1
Please, Ida Belle, don´t cry this time
Ida Belle, don´t cry this time
If you cry about a nickel, you´ll die ´bout a dime
She wouldn´t cry, but the money won´t2 mine
I love the way you do,
I love the way you do
I love the way you do, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road1
My captain´s so mean on me,
my captain´s so mean on me
My captain´s so mean on me, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road
Take camp tain he and see, camp ain´t he and see
At scal ain´t be at seen3, good Lord,
on that Gulfport Island Road
Ah, this last fair deal goin´ down,
it´s the last fair deal goin´ down
This´ the last fair deal goin´ down, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road1
I´m workin´ my way back home,
I´m working my way back home
I´m workin´ my way back home, good Lord,
on this Gulfport Island Road
And that thing don´t keep-a ringin´ so soon
That thing don´t keep-a ringin´ so soon
And that thing don´t keep-a ringin´ so soon,
good Lord, on that Gulfed-and-Port Island Road