Coal Man Blues

I get up early in the morning : sweet mama and I comb and

curry my horse

Because I don't want nobody : not to *see my pause*

Then I goed up to the coal pile : get me a friend to buy

some coal

Then I get on my wagon : *then I'm a coal‑traveling snow*

*I ought to tell how much* for coal : thirty‑five cents a

bag

And if you want to know my name : just look around on my

sack

I got on my wagon : trying my best to sell my coal

My baby's back home : serving my jellyroll

Now a lot of your women : ought to be put in jail

Some standing on the corner : trying to get themselves in

jail