Devil Blues
Sylvester Weaver
3:05I'm blue, yes blue 'Cause they sent me far away I'm mean, yes mean The judge said 19 years I'd stay I don't mind workin' But I never get no pay 'Cause I'm on the rock pile from day to day I have ball and chain Way down below my knees A guard, a pick, a rifle To keep my company I'm goin' to say my prayers Just like Jonah in the whale I'm gonna say my prayers Like Jonah in the whale If he prayed out of his belly I'm gonna pray out of this rock jail I'm gonna ask the Lord What on earth have I done I'm gonna ask the Lord What on earth have I done To get all of these years Working in the red hot sun I'm eatin' bread and water Can't live this way I'm eatin' bread and water I can't live this way But it looks like Imma see death Until judgment day Way out on the rock pile The men don't wear no shoes Down on the rock pile Men don't wear no shoes With nothin' on their mind But those low-down rock pile blues