《Shelby County Workhouse Blues》歌词

[00:00:01] Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern

[00:00:02] I left old Memphis Tennessee : on my way back to [dear

[00:00:07] Old

[00:00:11] I my baby : if this

[00:00:20] Says I phoned my *room* : I didn't have but one word to

[00:00:34] Say

[00:00:38] Cast my eyes to the Lord : say you please have mercy on

[00:00:50] Poor me

[00:00:55] Well I left old *Maltree* : [on my way back going back

[00:01:02] To Memphis Tennessee

[00:01:18] No sooner I got at the bus station Lord : police he

[00:01:30] Arrested me

[00:01:37] Lord the police arrest me : carried me before the judge

[00:01:50] Well the lawyers talk so fast : didn't have time to say

[00:01:54] Not nary word

[00:01:58] Well the lawyer pleaded: and the judge he done wrote it

[00:02:00] Down

[00:02:00] Says I'll give you ten days buddy : out in little old

[00:02:05] Shelby town

[00:02:05] And they stood me up : *tied me around the peg*

[00:02:12] Guard said to the trustee : said put the shackles *still*

[00:02:13] Around his leg

[00:02:13] Mmm : Lordy Lordy Lord

[00:02:15] Lord the guards done treat me : like I was a lowdown dog