Written by 'doc' A. Watson
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Way downtown just fooling around
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They took me to the jail
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Oh me and it's oh my
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No one to go my bail
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It was late last night when Willie came home
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I heard him a-rapping on the door
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He's a slipping and a sliding with them new shoes on
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Momma said Willie don't you rap no more
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Way downtown just fooling around
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They took me to the jail
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Oh me and it's oh my
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No one to go my bail
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I wish I was over at my sweet Sally's house
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Sitting in that big armed chair
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One arm around this old guitar
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And the other one around my dear
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Way downtown just fooling around
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They took me to the jail
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Oh me and it's oh my
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No one to go my bail
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Now it’s one old shirt is bout all that I got
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And a dollar is all that I crave
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I brought nothing with me into this old world
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Ain't gonna take nothing to my grave
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Way downtown just fooling around
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They took me to the jail
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Oh me and it's oh my
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No one to go my bail
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