County Jail Blues
 

Here I am judge this morning : and here is my forty‑five
I shot my woman on the corner : and I don't know whether she's dead or alive

Judge don't ask me no questions : about how our trouble began
Just have it printed in your paper : a little trouble between women and men

Mmm : oh Lord I heard that old judge say ninety‑nine
And it's one thing I wished I had this morning : that's that forty‑five of mine

I'm going to lay down in jail : like I used to lie down in Calumet
May be a good luck to you : because I haven't forgot you yet