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Honey, I'm all out and down, Honey,
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I'm broke, babe, an' I ain't got a dime,
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Every good man gets in hard luck sometime,
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Don't they, baby, don't they baby?
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Honey, I'm all out and down, Honey,
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Oh, the mules and the hosses nicklin' (beggin') for their corn and hay,
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Women on the levee shoutin' 'cause it's almost pay day,
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Cryin', 'Daddy, Sweet Daddy.'
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Aw, the women on the levee, honey, hollerin' 'Whoo, haw, gee,'
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The mens on the levee hollerin' 'Doncha murder me.
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Please, baby, doncha murder me.'
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Honey, what you want me to do, Honey,
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I'm down in the bottom in the mud up to my knees,
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Workin' for my baby and she's so hard to please,
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Ain't you baby?  Ain't you baby?
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Yellow woman make a preacher lay his Bible down,
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Jet-black woman make a jack-rabbit hug a houn',
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Tell me, baby.  Tell me, baby.
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Honey, I'm all out and down, Honey,
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Worked all the summer and part of the fall,
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Had to take my Christmas in my overalls,
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O Lawdy!  O Lawdy!
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I'm down in the bottom , skinnin' for Johnny Ryan,
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Puttin' my initials, honey, on the mule's behin',
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With my line, babe.  With my line, babe.
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Honey.....