The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7482   Message #797625
Posted By: GUEST, WYSIWYG
06-Oct-02 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Riley the Furniture Man
Subject: Lyr Add: RILEY THE FURNITURE MAN
Here's the partial lyric from Dale's link above:

RILEY THE FURNITURE MAN
(Georgia Crackers, 1927)

Go and tell the [...]
Riley wagon been here, got everything I had.

Riley been there, got my furniture and gone!

Riley come to my house, and these are the words he said:
Told that "nig..." driver, take down that rollerfoot bed.

Makes no difference to the white man just what is [...] [...]
If you don't pay Mr. Riley, he'll take your furniture for sure.

Riley he was a white man and he lived on 16th Street
Every Saturday evening, Mr. Riley you could meet.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 12-Oct-02.