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Big Maceo Merriweather, singer-pianist and Tampa Red recorded this song in 1941
They pick me out and put me in the county jail They pick me out and put me in the county jail They wouldn't even let my woman come and go my bail Now I'm in prison but I've almost did my time Now I'm in prison but I've almost did my time They give me six months but I had to work out nine 'Cos I know my baby she's gonna jump and shout I know my baby she's gonna jump and shout When that train roll up and I come walking out Now play 'em mister Tampa... So take these stripes from around me, chains from around my neck These stripes from around me, and these chains from around my neck Well these stripes don't hurt me, but these chains oughta give me death.
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