I have a book called The Leadbelly Legend. The version given goes like this: JIM CROW Bunk Johnson told me, too, These old Jim Crow-isms dead bad luck for me an' you. I been trav-lin', i been trav-lin' from sho' to sho'; Ev-'ry where I have been I find some old Jim Crow. One thing, people, I want ev'rybody to know, You gonna find some Jim Crow ev'ry place you go. Down in Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia's a mighty good place to go, An' get together, break up this old Jim Crow. I told everybody over the radio, Make up their mind an' get together, break up this old Jim Crow. I want to tell you people somethin' that you don't know, It's a lotta Jim Crow in a movin' picture show. I'm gonna sing this verse, I ain't gonna sing no more, Please get together, break up this old Jim Crow.
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