I'll wear the striped suit for you,
they can hang on the ball and chain.
I'll not let them make a monkey of you,
I'll put you to an open shame.
For every wrong that you have done,
I would gladly take the blame.
I'll wear the striped suit for you,
and they can hang on the ball and chain.
I'll snatch the cotton from the bowl
and pick the taters up in the field
I'll make little rocks out of big rocks
and wait for a better deal
When the warden says that I am free,
I'll return to her lover's lane
Say goodbye to the striped suit
and goodbye to the ball and chain
that the river knows it came
Caught you at a whiskey still,
And they swore that they would run you in,
Now I'm wearing a striped
and they've hung on the ball and chain
But I'll snatch the cotton from the bowl
and pick the taters up in the field
I'll make little rocks out of big rocks
and wait for a better deal
When the warden says that I am free,
I'll return to her lover's lane
Say goodbye to the striped suit
Yes, I'll snatch a cotton from the bowl
and pick the taters up in the field.
I'll make little rocks out of big rocks
and wait for a better deal.
When the warden says that I am free,
I'll return to her lover's lane.
I'll say goodbye to the stripy suit
and goodbye to the ball and chain.
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