“Almost Done”
Description
"Take these stripes from, stripes from 'round my shoulder (huh!) Take these chains, chains from 'round my leg." The singer tells how a girl courted him then betrayed him. Now he is in jail with no one to go his bail
Notes
The Silber text begins "On a Monday I was arrested, on a Tuesday locked in jail." But it admits to being adapted by the Lomaxes, so this may be an added verse.
Cross references
- cf. "The Roving Gambler (The Gambling Man)" [Laws H4] (floating lyrics)
References
- Lomax-FSUSA 94, "Almost Done" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 68, "It's Almost Done (On a Monday)" (1 text)
- Roud #10064
- BI, LxU094