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No Job Blues

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No Job Blues
(Ramblin' Thomas?)

I been walkin'all day and all night, too,
I been walkin'all day and all night, too,
'Cause my meal ticket woman have quit me
An'I can't find no work to do.

I was pickin'up the newspaper an' I was lookin'in it for ads,
I was pickin'up the newspaper an' I was lookin'in it for ads,
And the policeman come along and he arrested me for a vag.

Talks:
Now, boys, you oughta see me in my black an' white suit.
It won't do.

I said, "Judge, what may be my fine ? "
Lawd, I asked the judge, "Judge, what may be my fine ?"
He says, "Git you a pick and shovel and git thee down in mind."*
I'm a poor vag pris'ner,  workin' in the ice and snow,
I'm a poor vag pris'ner,  workin' in the ice and snow,
I got to get me a meal ticket woman so I won't have to work no mo'.

*possibly "down in the mine" See ROLDWNLN, etc.
From Hard Hitting Songs, Guthrie et al
Recordrd by Ramblin' Thomas on Paramount 12609-A
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