“Thirty Days in Jail”

Description

"Good mornin', Blues; Blues, how do you do? (x2) I just come here to have a few words with you." "Thirty days in jail... back turned to the wall... Mr. Jailkeeper, put another man in my stall." "I don't mind being in jail, but I got to stay here so long."

Supplemental text

Thirty Days in Jail
  Partial text(s)

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From Anne Warner, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne &
Frank Warner Collection, #174, p. 392. From the singing of
J. B Sutton of North Carolina, 1941.

Good mornin, Blues,
Blues, how do you do?
Good mornin, Blues,
Blues, how do you do?
I just come here
To have a few words with you.

Thirty days in jail,
With my back turned to the wall,
Thirty days in jail,
With my back turned to the wall,
Look here, Mr. Jailkeeper,
Put another man in my stall.

(1 additional stanza)

References

1. Warner 174, "Thirty Days in Jail" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST Wa174 (Partial)
3. Roud #7492
4. BI, Wa174