Dear Fellow Folk Enthusiasts; I think you should know that there are printed sources for a lot of songs; you don't need to be agonizing and guessing over recorded lyrics. Almost Done, along with most of Leadbelly's songs were published in Sing Out. There you would find:

On a monday I was arrested
On a tuesday they took me into that jail
On a wednesday my trial was attested
On a thursday nobody wouldn't go my bail

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my legs
Them stripes, stripes they do not worry
But them chains, them chains
About to kill me dead

I'm almost done X3
And I ain't gonna ring them yellow womens doorbells