[00:01.25]Shelby County Workhouse Blues (Remaster) - Hambone Willie Newbern
[00:02.62]I left old Memphis Tennessee : on my way back to dear
[00:07.30]Old *Maltree*
[00:11.98]I my baby : if this
[00:20.90]Says I phoned my *room* : I didn't have but one word to
[00:34.01]Say
[00:38.06]Cast my eyes to the Lord : say you please have mercy on
[00:50.17]Poor me
[00:55.10]Well I left old *Maltree* : [on my way back going back]
[01:02.96]To Memphis Tennessee
[01:18.81]No sooner I got at the bus station Lord : police he
[01:30.49]Arrested me
[01:37.84]Lord the police arrest me : carried me before the judge
[01:50.31]Well the lawyers talk so fast : didn't have time to say
[01:54.30]Not nary word
[01:58.17]Well the lawyer pleaded: and the judge he done wrote it
[02:00.67]Down
[02:00.98]Says I'll give you ten days buddy : out in little old
[02:05.28]Shelby town
[02:05.35]And they stood me up : *tied me around the peg*
[02:12.40]Guard said to the trustee : said put the shackles *still*
[02:13.59]Around his leg
[02:13.71]Mmm : Lordy Lordy Lord
[02:15.27]Lord the guards done treat me : like I was a lowdown dog