Jug Band Rag, March, 1998
Viola Lee Blues
by Noah Lewis
- The judge he pleaded, clerk he wrote it
- Clerk he wrote it down indeedy;
- The judge he pleaded, the clerk he wrote it down;
- Ain't got jail sentence you must be Nashville bound.
- Some got six months, some got one solid
- Some got one solid year indeed, Lord;
- Some got six months, some got one solid year.
- But me and my buddy both got lifetime here.
- Fix my supper, Mama, let me go to,
- Let me go to bed indeed, Lord.
- Fix my supper, let me go to bed
- I been drinking white lightning; it's gone to my head.
- I wrote a letter, I mailed it in the,
- I mailed it in the air indeedy.
- I wrote a letter, I mailed it in the air.
- You know by that I have a friend somewhere