I got a call from my baby, said she fed up with me

Said she's found another lover in another city

Said she's doing fine in new orleans.

Now she got me pacing, huh, wondering where'd I go wrong

Got me going in circles like the merry-go-round

Gonna take the west train to louisiana in the morning.

Sweet little girl from the ninth ward of new orleans

The way she dancing, you could see her from tennessee

Up under that red dress are legs long as the bayou trees

She got a golden smile, I know she's the one for me in the room.

She's a-twistin' and a-groovin', shakin' and a-movin'

She don't know what she doin' to me, I

Love the way that you dance, and honey, I've got a question

Baby, would you be my queen?

All right now.

Her name was eartha was her name, I could never forget

Just like the way she dipped on the bronze-tiled floor

Honey was movin' with ease, each and every step

So good that baby had my eyes at her glow

No shiny jewelry, still the brightest thing illuminatin' the room.

That girl is twistin' and a-groovin', shakin' and a-movin'

She don't know what she doin' to me, I

Love the way that you dance, and honey, I've got a question

Baby, would you be my queen?

Ooh, ooh, baby...

Ooh, ooh, baby...

Ooh, ooh, baby...

Ooh, that baby got a golden smile, I know she's the one for me in that room.

That girl is a-twistin' and a-groovin', shakin' and a-movin'

She don't know what she doin' to me, I

Love the way that you dance, and honey, I've got a question

Baby, would you be my queen?

Ooh, ooh, baby...

Ooh, ooh, baby...

Ooh, ooh, baby...

Mmm, that baby got a golden smile, I know she's the one for me in that room.