Hard Luck + 

When hard luck overtakes you + 

Nothin’ for you to do. + 

When hard luck overtakes you + 

Nothin’ for you to do. + 

Gather up yo’ fine clothes + 

An’ sell ’em to de Jew. + 

Jew takes yo’ fine clothes, + 

Gives you a dollar an’ a half. + 

Jew takes yo’ fine clothes, + 

Gives you a dollar an’ a half. + 

Go to de bootleg’s, + 

Git some gin to make you laugh. + 

If I was a mule I’d + 

Git me a wagon to haul. + 

If I was a mule I’d + 

Git a wagon to haul. + 

I’m so low-down I + 

Ain’t even got a stall. + 