Negro workaday songs

by Howard Washington Odum; Guy Benton Johnson

I got a gal an’ I can’t git her,

I got a gal an’ I can’t git her,

Mammy won’t lemme see ’er, can’t even go wid her.

Went to de house, I wus lovin’ sick,

Went to de house, I wus lovin’ sick,

Went to de house, I wus lovin’ sick,

I got over dat spell, Lawd, mighty quick.

Daddy had a pistol, mammy had a gun,

Daddy had a pistol, mammy had a gun,

Daddy had a pistol, mammy had a gun,