Death of Do Dirty + 

A Rounder’s Song + 

O, you can’t find a buddy + 

Any old time + 

’Ll help you out + 

When you ain’t got a dime. + 

He was a friend o’ mine. + 

They called him Do Dirty + 

Cause he was black + 

An’ had cut his gal + 

An’ shot a man in de back. + 

Ma friend o’ mine. + 

But when I was hungry, + 

Had nothin’ to eat, + 

He bought me corn bread + 

An’ a stew o’ meat. + 

Good friend o’ mine. + 

An’ when de cops got me + 

An’ put me in jail + 

If Dirty had de money, + 

He’d go ma bail. + 

O, friend o’ mine. + 

That night he got kilt + 

I was standin’ in de street. + 

Somebody comes by + 

An’ says yo’ boy is gettin’ beat. + 

Ma friend o’ mine. + 

But when I got there + 

An’ seen de ambulance + 

A guy was sayin’ + 

He ain’t got a chance. + 

Best friend o’ mine. + 

An’ de ones that kilt him⁠— + 

Damn their souls⁠— + 

I’m gonna fill ’em up full o’ + 

Bullet holes. + 

Ma friend o’ mine. + 