I can’t keep from cryin’
Look down dat lonesome road an’ cry
You made me weep, you made me moan
Woke up in de mornin’, couldn’t keep from cryin’
I got de blues an’ can’t keep from cryin’
The following songs show this note of hard luck, weeping, and self-pity:
Ship My Po’ Body Home
If I should die long way from home
Ship my po’ body home.
Ax fer a nickel, ax fer a dime,