You can hear this recording at The Internet Archive. The arrangement definitely puts it in the western swing genre.


I USED TO WORK IN CHICAGO
As recorded by Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys, 1946.

CHORUS: I used to work in Chicago, in a department store.
I used to work in Chicago; I did, but I don't any more.

Now a lady came in and she asked for shoes.
"What kind?" I asked at the door.
"Boot," she said and boot she got,
And I don't work there no more. CHORUS

Now a lady came in for some fowl.
"What kind?" I asked at the door.
"Goose," she said and goose she got,
And I don't work there no more. CHORUS

Now a lady came in for a chicken.
"What part?" I asked at the door.
"Neck," she said and neckin' she got,
And I don't work there no more. CHORUS

Now a lady came in for some eggs one day.
"What kind?" I asked at the door.
"Fresh," she said and fresh I got,
And I don't work there no more. CHORUS

Now a lady came in for a carpet.
"What kind?" I asked at the door.
Now "A rug," she said and a hug she got,
And I don't work there no more. CHORUS

Now a lady came in for some groceries.
"What kind?" I asked at the door.
"Butter," she said and what do you know?
I don't work there no more.
I don't work there no more.