Well, it is po' Black Minnie
She ain't got change in clothes
Lordy, stands in her shame
To see a woman I know

Lordy
Stands, now
See that woman, now
Oh, that woman, now
Lord, that woman got
Lord, that woman

(guitar)

Well, then 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
7, 8, 9
Say you, count down blues
You count them women's a-mine
Lord, now

Count down blues
Count down women
Lord, them women
Lord, them womens down

Lord, them womens down
Lord, oh Lord
Lord those women

Lord, Lord, Lord
Lord, oh count them down
Count down womens

(guitar)

Lord, I hate to go down that bureau
By myself
Well if I, don't car' you
Gon' car' somebody else

Lord, I
Need to go down
Need to go down
Bureau bound
By myself

Lord
Lord, I am

Lord, Lord, Lord

Lord, I hate goin' down
Bureau bound.