Lyrics of When can i change my clothes

When can i change my clothes? 2:58 trk 12
Bukka white (booker t. washington white)
Bukka white - vocal & guitar & washboard sam - wshbrd.
Recorded: march 7th & 8th 1940 chicago, illinois
Album: parchman farm blues, roots rts 33055
Transcriber: awcantor@aol.com

Never will forget that day
When they had me in parchman jail
Would no one even come and go my bail
I wonder how long
Before i can change my clothes?
I wonder how long
'fore i can change my clothes?

So many days i would be sittin' down
I would be sittin' down lookin' down on my clothes
I wonder how long
Before i can change my clothes?
I wonder how long
'fore i can change my clothes

So many days when the day would be cold
They would car' me out in the rain and cold
I wonder how long
Before i can change my clothes?
I wonder how long
'fore i can change my clothes?

So many days when the day would be cold
You can stand and look at these convict toes
I wonder how long
Before i can change my clothes?
I wonder how long
'fore i can change my clothes?

So many days i would be
Walkin' down the road
I can hardly walk for lookin' down on my clothes
I wonder how long
Before i can change my clothes?
I wonder how long
'fore i can change my clothes

Never will forget that day
When they taken my clothes
Taken my citizen's clothes
And throwed them away
Wonder how long
Before i can change my clothes?
I wonder how long
'fore i can change my clothes.

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