Negro workaday songs

by Howard Washington Odum; Guy Benton Johnson

Got me in the calaboose,

Got me in the calaboose,

Got me in the calaboose,

Ain’t nobody turn me loose.

Hit’s bad, bad on the inside lookin’ out,

Hit’s bad, bad on the inside lookin’ out,

Hit’s bad, bad on the inside lookin’ out,

This po’ boy know what he’s talkin’ about.

My gal come to the bar and done peep in,

My gal come to the bar and done peep in,