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When hard luck overtakes you / Nothin' for you to do.
When hard luck overtakes you / Nothin' for you to do.
Gather up yo' fine clothes / An' sell 'em to de Jew.
Jew takes yo' fine clothes, / Gives you a dollar an' a half.
Jew takes yo' fine clothes, / Gives you a dollar an' a half.
Go to de bootleg's, / Git some gin to make you laugh.
If I was a mule I'd / Git me a wagon to haul.
If I was a mule I'd / Git a wagon to haul.
I'm so low-down I
Ain't even got a stall.