Leroy Went North (1973)

i

let da die

cast and lay      its all bena gamble

            i bet half my scramble

days tween earnin keep and lonely

nights

            my last might

gon strum dis here riggidy guitar

            gots no home gots no star

up dere in dat black canopy

nope

            i laffs jokes

be good fo ones widda funnybone

            saw george price’s woman     one

come ovuh from missippi     she

say

            leroy play

me a song     dis ol man wits be quick

like a match strike     an if

george gon be unda henry work

truck

            imma tuck

her in widda tune that make old lovers

wonna see if covers

still get warm afta all dat time

strange

            i had range

dis episode take proly 3–4

hours drank lil nap ya know

aint ben in no bed so roomy

maw

            on my paw

always say outta dey 13 kids

            i da chile who cheese slid

of da cracka     i makes her

moan

            george come home

   dat white woman scream     get dis nigga

off me!    his hands wenna

wrenchin     now im in chicago