“I'm All Out an' Down”

Description

"Honey-y-y, I'm all out an' down, Honey-y-y, I'm broke, babe, an' I ain't got a dime, Ev'ry good man gets in ha'd luck sometime, Don't they, baby?" Blues complaining of poverty, the noise made by women and hungry animals, work in the mud, etc.

References

  1. Lomax-FSNA 307, "I'm All Out an' Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #15203
  3. BI, LoF307

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1936
Keywords: work hardtimes poverty
Found in: US