I'm going to sing you a
Lead
Belly song, all right?
Lead
Belly wrote some great songs.
We don't always hear them
because they're kind of weird.
Unless you like them.
Now this one's called
On a
Monday, but it's not just about
Monday.
It's about
Tuesday and
Wednesday,
Thursday and
Friday,
Saturday, and the other one.
If you ever thought you had a bad week in this world,
this is the song to sing.
On a
Monday, I was arrested
And on a
Tuesday, I got locked up in jail
And on a
Wednesday, my trial was attested
And on a
Thursday, nobody would go my bail
Yes, I'm gone, al most gone
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
And I ain't gonna be seeing them
pretty women no more
Take these stripes,
these stripes from off my shoulder
Take these chains,
these chains from off of my leg
Well, these stripes,
you know that they don't bother me
But these chains,
these chains are killin' me dead
Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
And I ain't gonna be seein'
them pretty women no more
Now on a
Friday, my baby went out a -walkin'
And on a
Saturday, you know she
locked up the door
And on a
Sunday, she must have
done some talkin'
Cause on a
Monday, she had sold all of my clothes
Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
And I ain't gonna be seeing
them pretty women no more