Woke up on the way from East St. Louis
Didn't have but the ones and dimes
Didn't have but the ones and dimes
Didn't have but the ones and dimes
For I would spend it for my own use
Save it for a gal of mine
Say it is for a girl of mine,
Say it is for a girl of mine,
I was sick and couldn't hardly creep,
Sick and could not hardly creep,
Tell me baby, tell me now,
why have you been so long,
why have you been so long,
Something keep a -tellin' you
Stand on the county street one day
One dime was all that I had,
Didn't have but the once in a dime
For I would spend it for my own use,
save it for the lady friend of mine,
save it for the lady friend of mine,
save it for the lady friend of mine,
falling, my baby, for as I
Down to the jailhouse door,
down to the jailhouse door,
down to the jailhouse door.
I stayed and I heard the paper read,
an d I heard the paper read,
and I heard the paper read.
