On a Monday I was arrested (uh huh)
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
On a Monday I got my striped britches (uh huh)
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
On a Monday my mama came to see me (uh huh)
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
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on a Tuesday they locked me in the jail (poor boy)
on a Wednesday my trial was attested
on a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
and them chains, them chains, they're bound to drag me down
on a Tuesday I got my ball and chain (poor boy)
on a Wednesday I'm working digging ditches
on a Thursday, Lord, I beg 'em not to knock me down again
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
and them chains, them chains, they're bound to drag me down
on a Tuesday they caught me with a file (poor boy)
on a Wednesday I'm down in solitary
on a Thursday, Lord, I start on bread and water for a while
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
and them chains, them chains, they're bound to drag me down
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