Gwine a get a home by me by!
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Sister Sue and my Aunt Sal,
Gwine a get a home by me by!
They all wanna live down in Shinbone Al.
Gwine a get a home by me by!
Chorus: Gwine a get a home by me by!
Gwine a get a home by me by!
Now Captain Lambson, he might damn mean
He comes from the port of New Orleans
I told the captain my hands was cold
He says, "Now damn your hands, let the old ship roll"
He feeds us bread as hard as brass
And meat as salty as Lot's wife's ass.
There ain't no use me workin' so hard
When I got a woman in the boss man's yard.
She bring me chicken, she bring me meal,
And a little bit of anything that she can steal.
When he eat chicken she bring me the wing.
Ain't I livin' on the easy thing?
So stretch it aft and sing this song
Sing it loud and sing it long.