Sam ("Lightning") Hopkins - Grosebeck Blues lyrics

Boy, you may go to Grosebeck to have your trial, but you know the next penitentiary's after while You may go to Grosebeck to have your trial, ooh, and the next penitentiary's after awhile Yes, if you want to go to penitentiary in a hurry, man, you just go to Grosebeck and have your trial Yeah, you know, my mama called me, boys, and I answered, "Ma'am?" She said, "Son are you tired of working?" I said, "Mama, oh mama, yes I am" Then, you know, my papa called me, peoples, and I answered, "Sir?" He said, "Son, if you're tired of working down there, what the hell you're gonna stay there for?" Grandma said, "Son, if you had been a good boy, yes, and stayed at home, you'd have been working for your mama, I'm talking about, and picking up chips on your grandma's farm" I can't do nothing but hang my lonesome head and moan Yes you know they got a dog named Rattler You know she's a water dog You know she can swim big Brazos, I done swear, man, that dog can walk a foot log