Way down in Louisiana

Amongst the tall grown sugar canes

Lived a simple man and a domineerin' hen

And a rose of a different name

The first time I fell lightly

I was standing in the drizzlin' rain

With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin

And a rose of a different name

Is the devil made me do it the first time

The second time I done it on my own

Lord put a handle on a simple handed man

And help me leave that black rose alone

When the devil made that woman

Lord she threw the pattern away

She was built for speed with the tools

You need to make a new fool every day

And way down deep and dirty

On the darker side of shame

You caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin

With a rose of a different name

The devil made me do it the first time

Second time I done it on my own

Lord put a handle on a simple handed man

And help me leave that black rose alone

Is the devil made me do it the first time

Time the second time I done it on my own

Lord put a handle on a simple handed man

And help me leave that black rose alone