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Thread #172467 Message #4174318
Posted By: and e
10-Jun-23 - 07:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Jailer's Song (1920s, Bawdy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE JAILER'S SONG (1920s, Bawdy)
169. IN THE PRISON CELL I SIT
In the prison cell I sit With my fingers in the shit, And the lice a-playing shinny With my balls.
(And the ladies as they pass, They stick hat-pins up my ass, While the rats run up and down The moldy walls.)
Pg 531, Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Volume 1, printed with music.