Dry Spell Blues (Version 1)

It has been so dry, you can make a powder house out of the world

Well, it has been so dry, you can make a powder house out of the world

And holler money mens, like a rattlesnake in his coil

I throwed up my hands, Lord, and solemnly swore

I have throwed up my hands, Lord, and solemnly swore

Well, ain't no need of me changing towns, it's the drought everywhere I go

It's a dry old spell everywhere I been

Oh, it's a dry old spell everywhere I been

I believe to my soul this old world is bound to end

Well, I stood in my backyard, wrung my hands and screamed

Well, I stood in my backyard, wrung my hands and screamed

Well, I couldn't see nothing, couldn't see nothing green

Oh, Lord, have mercy if you please

Oh, Lord, have mercy if you please

Let your rain come down and give our poor hearts ease

These blues, these blues is worthwhile to be heard

Oh, these blues, worthwhile to be heard

Lord, t'ain't even likely that there ain't no God

Hard times here an' everywhere you go

Times is harder than ever been befo'

An' the people are driftin' from do' to do'

Can't fin' no help, Lord, I don' care where they go

Oh, hmmm

Let me tell you people, jus' befo' I go

These hard times will give you the dry long fo'

Hmmm

When you hear me singin' my ol' lonesome song

These hard times can't last up so very long

Hmmm

If I ever get off this shit-ass flo'

I'll never get down this low no mo'

Oh, hmmm, ah, hmmm, I'll never get down this low no mo'

An' you say you have money, you better be sho'

'Cause these hard times will drive you from do' to do'

Hmmm

Hmmm

Sing this song, ain' gone sing no mo'

Hmmm

Hard times will drive you from do' to do'