When Can I Change My Clothes
Bukka White
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, March 7, 1940
Vocalion Records WC-2979-A Vo-05489
Never will forget the 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 sitting down
I would be sitting down looking 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 days would be cold
They would carry 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 days would be cold
You could stand and look at the convict tow
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 walking down the road
I could hardly walk with looking 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 away them away
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes

