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blind lemon jefferson - blind lemon's penitentiary blues lyrics

[verse 1]
take fort worth for your dressing
and dallas all for your style
take fort worth for your dressing
dallas all for your style
if you wanna go to the state penitentiary
go to groesbeck for your trial

[verse 2]
i hung around groesbeck
and i worked in showers of rain
i say, i hung around groesbeck
wworked in hard showers of rain
i never felt the least bit uneasy
till i caught that penitentiary bound train

[verse 3]
i used to be a drunkard
rowdy everywhere i go
i say i used to be a drunkard
and rowdy everywhere i go
if ever i get out of this trouble i’m in
man, i won’t be rowdy no more

[verse 4]
boys, don’t be bad
pease don’t crowd your mind
i say, boys, don’t be bad
and please don’t crowd your mind
if you happen to get in trouble in groesbeck
they’re gonna send you penitentiary flyin’
[verse 5]
i want you to stop and study
don’t take n0body’s life
i want you to stop and study
don’t take n0body’s life
they’ve got walls at the state penitentiary
you can’t jump, man they high as the sky

- blind lemon jefferson lyrics

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