The chorus is repeated after every verse. This is the most famous version of the song used by the Shelton Brothers.
If you go down to Deep Elem
Just to have a little fun, You'd better have your fifteen dollars When the policeman come.
Chorus: Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got the Deep Elem Blues; Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got the Deep Elem Blues.
If you go down to Deep Elem, Keep your money in your shoes; The women in Deep Elem Got those Deep Elem blues.
If you go down to Deep Elem, Take your money in your pants; The women in Deep Elem Never give the men a chance.
Now I once knew a preacher, Preached the Bible through and through, He went down into Deep Elem, Now his preaching days are through.
Now I once had a sweet gal, Lord, she meant the world to me; She went down into Deep Elem; She ain't what she used to be.
Her papa's a policeman
And her mama walks the street; Her papa met her mama When they both were on the beat.