[Anacardo]

On a Monday, I was arrested.
On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail.
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested.
On a Thursday, they said 'Guilty!' and the judge's gavel fell.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down.

On a Monday, my Mama come to see me.
On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file.
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary.
On a Thursday, I start on bread and water for a while.

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
I got chains, chains around my feet.
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders,
And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down.

PS: 'Baum, (henceforward the OFFICIAL DIMUNITIVE), don't you know anybody who DOESN'T suck? I blame the vile, perfidious, soul-destroying Yankee race.