I worked hard, baby, I worked hard every day I worked hard, baby, I worked hard every day I even turned over in your hand every cent of my pay I been done so dirty, treated so low-down mean I been done so dirty, treated so low-down mean You've even accused me of women that I ain't never seen People, what's the use of lovin', when I can't see why I should? People, what's the use of lovin', when I can't see why I should? Especially when you got a woman and she don't mean you no good I woke up this mornin', got on a stroll Met my baby, got her told "Look-a-here, baby, you're thinkin' wrong Let your papa help you to sing this song I grabbed my coat and hat, down the road I'll start Before I would work I'd rather part I wouldn't work for no human bein' Neither no woman that I've ever seen Eighteen hundred, ninety years All of my women sit in rockin' chairs But ever since nineteen and twenty-three All of my women been workin' for me I got a mind, never work no more I been badly mistreated, I been drove from door to door"