On a
Monday, I was arrested.
On a
Tuesday, they locked me in the jail.
On a
Wednesday, my trial was attested.
On a
Thursday, they said guilty and
the judge's gavel fell.
I've got stripes, stripes around my shoulders I've got chains,
chains around my feet
I've got stripes,
stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains,
they're about
to drag us down
On a
Monday, I've got my stripes and britches
And on a
Tuesday, I've got my ball and chain
And on a
Wednesday, I'm a -workin',
diggin' ditches
And on a
Thursday,
John, I beg them not to
knock me down again
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains,
they're about to drag us down
On a
Monday, my mama come to see me
On a
Tuesday, they caught me with a file
On a
Wednesday, I'm down in solitary
And on a
Thursday,
John, I starved on bread
and water for a while
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders. I got chains,
chains around my feet.
I got stripes,
stripes around my shoulders.
And them chains, them chains,
they're bout to drag us down.