I went to see my baby, it was drizzlin' rain
I found a note, she had had rode
She took the high bound train
And then I saw him, the stranger dressed in black
(I saw that stranger, don't like that stranger)
And he ain't ever leavin' till you've come on back
(I saw that stranger, don't like that stranger)
I went up to her shanty, just like I did before
I knocked three times, just to find
The stranger answer her door
Stranger, the stranger dressed in black
(I saw that stranger, don't like the stranger)
And he ain't ever leavin' till you've come on back
(Stranger, stranger, don't like that stranger)

I think about you baby, put on my walkin' shoes
Sure to meet him down the street
This stranger is my blues
I mean the stanger, the stranger dressed in black
(I saw that stranger, don't like that stranger)
And he ain't ever leavin' till you've come on back
(I saw that stranger, don't like that stranger)

Well, listen to me woman, try to understand
I can't take it, I can't escape
This devil ain't no man
The stranger, the stranger dressed in black
(I saw that stranger, don't like that stranger)
He'll take you from me baby, never bring you back
(Stranger, stranger, don't like that stranger)
He'll take you from me baby, never bring you back
(Don't dig that stranger, don't dig that stranger)