1 . 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 down.
2. 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.
3. 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 gonna reap just what they sow.
4. 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.
5. I am going back south if I wear ninety-nine pairs of shoes,
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.
