Going 'Round the Mountain

歌詞

Goin' 'round the mountain, charming Betsy Sayin' I'm goin' 'round the mountain, Perlee Now, if I never see you again Do, Lord, remember me Well, it's somethin' 'bout these Memphis women I can't understand For these old ladies wear these short dresses around Tryin' to fool a working man Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, charming Betsy Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, Perlee Now, if I never see you again Do, Lord remember me Well, yella girl got this long straight hair A brownskin girl got the same But a black gal buys her'n at the ten cent store But it's good hair, just the same Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, charming Betsy Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, Perlee Now, if I never see you again Do, Lord remember me Well, a yella gal smells like sweet toilet soap Brownskin does the same But a black girl smell like a billy goat But she's smellin', just the same Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, charming Betsy Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, Perlee Now, if I never see you again Do, Lord remember me Well, a white man give his wife a ten dollar bill He thinks that's nothing strange But a colored man give his wife a one dollar bill And beat her to death 'bout the ninety cents change Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, charming Betsy Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, Perlee Now, if I never see you again Do, Lord remember me Well, a white man lives in a fine brick house He thinks that's nothing strange But a poor colored man lives in the county jail But it's a brick house, just the same Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, charming Betsy Sayin', I'm goin' 'round the mountain, Perlee Now, if I never see you again Do, Lord remember me