Going to the Louisiana bottom to get me a hoodoo hand Going to the Louisiana bottom to get me a hoodoo hand Gotta stop these women from taking my man Down in Algiers where the hoodoos live in their den Down in Algiers where the hoodoos live in their den Their chief occupation is separating women from men The hoodoo told me to get me a black cat bone The hoodoo told me to get me a black cat bone And shake it over their heads, they'll leave your man alone Twenty years in the bottom, that ain't long to stay Twenty years in the bottom, that ain't long to stay If I can keep these tush-hog women from taking my man away So I'm bound for New Orleans, down in goofer dust land So I'm bound for New Orleans, down in goofer dust land Down where the hoodoo folks can fix it for you with your man