New Prison Blues by Peg Leg Howell Lyrics

Says, I'll cut your throat, mama, drink your blood like wine
I'll cut your throat, mama, now, drink your blood like wine
Say, you can't quit me and cannot neither try

I'm goin' up the country, mama, where the time is long
I'm goin' up the country, mama, that's where the time is long
Don't believe I'm leavin', count the days I'm gone

I a'stood on the corner, 'till I got soaking wet
I stood on the corner, brownie till I got soaking wet
I bowed my head at every brown I met

I stood on the corner, looked two blocks and a half
I stood on the corner, looked two blocks and a half
I stood on the corner, looked, two blocks and a half
I didn't see my rider, but I'm sure I heard her laugh

Sayin', I wasn't gonna love no woman got hair like drops of rain
I don't love no woman got hair like drops of rain
Any woman I love, got hair like a horse's mane
Mama, if you don't want me what make' you whine and cry?
Mama, if you don't want me what make' you whine and cry?
You called me sweet daddy when you see me passin' by

When you see me comin', mama, hoist your window high
When you see me comin', mama, hoist your window high
When you see me leaving, hang your head and cry

I'd rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow tree
I'd rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow tree
Than to hear my fairy say she don't want me