Peg Leg Howell — Skin Game Blues 1927

When I came to Georgia, money and clothes I had, babe All the money I had done gone, my Sunday clothes in pawn Sunday clothes in pawn, Sunday clothes in pawn, lovin' babe, my Sunday clothes in pawn Said you better let a deal go down, the skin game's comin' to a close And you better let the deal go down [Spoken] Hold the cards! A dollar more! Two more halves A dollar more the deuce beat a nine, a dollar more the deuce beat a nine, lovin' babe A dollar more the deuce beat a nine Went out to the skin game last night, thought I'd have some fun Lost all the money that I had made, had to pawn my special gun Had to pawn my special gun, had to pawn my special gun, lovin' babe Had to pawn my special gun Said you better let a deal go down, the skin game's comin' to a close And you better let the deal go down Says gambled all over Missouri, gambled all through Spain, babe Police come to arrest me, babe, and they did not know my name And they did not know my name, and they did not know my name, lovin' babe And they did not know my name Better let a deal go down, skin game's comin' to a close And you better let your deal go down [Spoken] Hold the cards! A dollar more the deuce beat a nine! Half more too! Put up over there, nigga Better let the deal go down, says you better let the deal go down Gambled all over Missouri, gambled through Tennessee, babe Soon as I reached old Georgia, 'niggers carried a handcuff to me The niggers carried a handcuff to me, babe, the niggers carried a handcuff to me, lovin' babe And the niggers carried a handcuff to me Better let a deal go down, skin game's comin' to a close And you better let the deal go down