HarpTab – Lyrics – Bukka White – When Can I Change My Clothes
Lyrics – Bukka White – When Can I Change My Clothes
byBooker T. Washington White a.k.a. Bukka White
recording of 1940, Chicago
from
The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 (Travelin’ Man 3)
&
The Complete Bukka White (Columbia CK-52782)
Never will forget that day when they had me in
Parchman
Jail
Would no one even come and go my bail
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long ‘fore I can change my clothes
So many days I would be sittin’ down
I would be sittin’ down lookin’ down on my clothes
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long ‘fore I can change my clothes
So many days when the day would be cold
They would carry me out into the rain and cold
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long ‘fore I can change my clothes
So many days when the day would be cold
You can stand and look at the convicts’ toes
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long ‘fore I can change my clothes
So many days I would be walkin’ down the road
I can hardly walk for lookin’ down on my clothes
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long ‘fore I can change my clothes
Never will forget that day when they taken my clothes
Taken my citizen’s cloths and throw them away
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long ‘fore I can change my clothes
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Note 1: like
Parchman Farm Blues
, a song about his time in prison and in particular the uniform he had to wear; Bukka couldn’t wait until the day when he could change back into his civilian clothes.
Created by:
Bluesman Harry
Page last updated on:
May 28 2000
