I Got Stripes

On a Monday, I was arrested.

Oh boy.

On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail.

On a Wednesday, my trial was attested.

On a Thursday, they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

I got chains, chains around my feet.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

And them chains, them chains

They're about to drag me down

On a Monday, got my striped breeches

On a Tuesday, got my ball and chain

On a Wednesday, I'm working, digging ditches

On a Thursday, Lord, I beg them not to knock me down again

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

I got chains, chains around my feet.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

And them chains, them chains, they're

about to drag me down.

On a Monday, my mama come to see me.

On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file.

Oh, poor boy.

On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary.

On a Thursday, Lord, I start on bread and water for a while, baby.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

I got chains, chains around my feet.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.

And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down