Low-Down Blues

DESCRIPTION: "Well, I tell all you workin' men, please take this advice from me, Save yo' money... let these crooked women go." Women will "drink up yo' last dime" and leave you behind. The singer has friends when he has money, none when he has none
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes abandonment money nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices, p. 191, "Low-Down Blues" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16272
File: Rose191

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