Bell Street Blues
 

I live down in Bell Street Alley : just as drunk as I can be
Seem like them Bell Street Crow Janes : have done got rough with me

I drink so much Bell Street whiskey : they won't sell [McTell, poor boy] no more
I've got the *cavenglass* boys : playing all around my door

This Bell Street whiskey : make you sleep all in your clothes
And when you wake up next morning : feel like you done laid outdoors

You can get booze down on Bell Street : for two bits and half a *throw*
They'll make you *send* out your mother and father : to just break down the jailhouse door

Walked in my room : the other night
Man come in : he want to fight

Took my gun : my right hand
??? : I don't want to kill no man

When I said that : he rapped me across my head
The first shot I fired : then the man fell dead

Bell street whiskey : drove me to the county jail
Got me laying back here on my bunk : nobody in the world to go my bail