Negro workaday songs

by Howard Washington Odum; Guy Benton Johnson

U—h, Lawdy, ol’ lady got rough,

U—h, Lawdy, ol’ lady got rough,

U—h, Lawdy, ol’ lady got rough,

Say, hell in fire, she sho’ got ’nough, baby!

U—h, Lawd, ol’ un bring in de meat,

U—h, Lawd, ol’ un bring in de meat,

U—h, Lawd, ol’ un bring in de meat,

Dis new gal of mine she got all de sweet, baby!

U—h, Lawdy, dem rations am good,

U—h, Lawdy, dem rations am good,