Key: A major
Verse 1
hopin' I would have my peace, eee
But when I woke up,
Tom Rushen1 was shakin' me
Verse 2
it's no use to screamin' and cryin', hmm
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When you get in trouble,
it's no use to screamin' and cryin', hmm
Tom Rushen will take you,
back to the prison house flyin'
Verse 3
was gone to bed, hmm
Mister Day2 brought whiskey taken from
Verse 4
under Halloway's head
to cure these blues
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It takes boozy boo', Lord,
to cure these blues
But each day seems like years in the
jailhouse where there is no boo'
Verse 5
Tom Day was standin' around
If he lose his office now, he's
runnin' from town to town
Verse 6
he treated me
Aw, he caught me yellin',
I was drunk as I could be
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