Washboard Blues

Mornin' comes with cloudy skies and rain My poor back am broke with pain. My man's sleepin', I just scrubbin' Chillin', weepin', I do rubbin' Age a-creepin', clothes a-tubbin' All day long Up to dat washin' soap And down to dat water once more Head down low, head low Up to dat washin' soap And down to dat water once more Poor hands go, oh lawdy So weary of scrubbin', days dreary So weary of tubbin' them clothes! Up to dat washin' soap And down to dat water once more Washboard blues! Never get me gone from here Scrubbin' dirty clothes all year! Dem clothes Dem muckety clothes Dem raggedy clothes Dem grimy clothes That's all I know Up and down, back and forth, all day long! Oh lawdy, won't you hear my song, hear my song? Washin' in a shanty on de shore The river swingin' on by de door Hear dat river, lowly callin' I's a-shiver, night's a-fallin' Hear dat river lowly moanin', moanin' low I a-goin' to dat river Goin' down to dat river some day Hurry day, hurry day, hurry day, hurry! I a-goin' to dat river Goin' down to dat river some day Throw myself, my poor self, self away! Oh lawdy, must a-keep scrubbin' Must a-keep tubbin' Must a-keep drubbin' Must a-keep tubbin' Them ole dirty clothes! But I'm goin' to dat river Goin' down to dat river some day Hurry day, hurry day, hurry day, hurry!