This is a straightforward, midtempo Mississippi blues about losing your baby. Despite the title, the lady in question doesn't seem to be the source of the narrator's leaving; she seems to have made up her mind on her own. "I could hear her tell her mother, 'That's one no good man!' / Well, I watched my baby leave, her mother had her by the hand." Parker himself provides a strong harmonica break that adds to his plaintive voice in bewailing his loss.
"A great song mutates, makes quantum leaps, turns up again like the prodigal son. It crosses genres. Could be punk rock, ragtime, folk-rock, or zydeco, and can be played in a lot of different styles, multiple styles... A great song is the sum of all things." - Bob Dylan
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