New Stranger's Blues

I'm a stranger here, just blowed in your town;
I'm a stranger here, just blowed in your town;
Just because I'm a stranger ev'rybody wants to dog me 'round.

Lord, I wonder do my good gal know I'm here;
Lord, I wonder do my good gal know I'm here;
Well, if she do, she sure don't seem to care.

I wonder how can some people dog a poor stranger so,
I wonder how can some people dog a poor stranger so,
They should remember, they goin' to reap just what they sow.

I would stay up North but there's nothing here I can do,
I would stay up North but there's nothing here I can do,
But hang around this corner and sing the new stranger's blues.

Mama, I am going back South if I wear ninety-nine pairs of shoes.
Mama, I am going back South if I wear ninety-nine pairs of shoes,
Then I know I'll be welcome and I won't have the new stranger's blues.