Negro workaday songs

by Howard Washington Odum; Guy Benton Johnson

De po’ boy, dey got no mercy at tall,

De po’ boy, dey got no mercy at tall,

Dey lock in de room, he sets out in de hall.

Ain’t gonna stay here no mo’,

Ain’t gonna stay here no mo’,

Ain’t gonna stay here no mo’,

De creepers all ’roun’ my do’.

Goin’ back down to Georgia lan’,

Goin’ back down to Georgia lan’,

Goin’ back down to Georgia lan’,