The song which was adapted by Johnny Cash as "Folsom Prison Blues":
Gordon Jenkins - "Crescent City Blues" (Gordon Jenkins) (1953), sung by Beverly Mahr
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3M3Igjnbhs
@nealfig Assuming it is about New Orleans, not the northern California Crescent City.
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@BlueStateBabe According to the Wikipedia article, it is "about a lonely woman hoping to leave the Midwestern town of Crescent City."
However, the same article mentions: "Its melody borrows heavily from the 1930s instrumental "Crescent City Blues" by Little Brother Montgomery." It seems like this 1930s song is about New Orleans, although it had no lyrics.