I'm All Out an' Down

DESCRIPTION: "Honey-y-y, I'm all out an' down, Honey-y-y, I'm broke, babe, an' I ain't got a dime, Ev'ry good man gets in ha'd luck sometime, Don't they, baby?" Blues complaining of poverty, the noise made by women and hungry animals, work in the mud, etc.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936
KEYWORDS: work hardtimes poverty
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 307, "I'm All Out an' Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #15203
File: LoF307

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