Spoken: Slim: Boy, you know it's snowin' and rainin' out chere . . . and I ain't got no shoes on my feet Jelly: Well, some does, and some dos, but this snow and ice is gonna give your feet the blues Slim: Well it's snowin' and rainin', I'm a long, long way from home Well it's snowin' and rainin', I'm a long, long way from home Now, it just seem like to me, all of my friends is gone Jelly: Boy, you got plenty friends, but you don't do nothin' right Boy, you got plenty friends, but you don't do nothin' right
You don't do nothin' but drink and gamble, and run around both day and night Slim: I have had hard luck, and havin' hard luck all the time I have had hard luck, and havin' hard luck all the time So I come 'round to see, whoo-whoo Lord, will you let me have a dime Jelly: No, not me, boy, I wouldn't let you have a dime No, not me, boy, I wouldn't let you have a dime Because you don't do nothin' but buy that old ten-cent wine