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No Job Blues 
No Job Blues (Ramblin' Thomas?) 
I been walkin'all day and all night, too, I been walkin'all day and all night, too, 'Cause my meal ticket woman have quit me An'I can't find no work to do. 
I was pickin'up the newspaper an' I was lookin'in it for ads, I was pickin'up the newspaper an' I was lookin'in it for ads, And the policeman come along and he arrested me for a vag. 
Talks: Now, boys, you oughta see me in my black an' white suit. It won't do. 
I said, "Judge, what may be my fine ? " Lawd, I asked the judge, "Judge, what may be my fine ?" He says, "Git you a pick and shovel and git thee down in mind."* I'm a poor vag pris'ner, workin' in the ice and snow, I'm a poor vag pris'ner, workin' in the ice and snow, I got to get me a meal ticket woman so I won't have to work no mo'. 
*possibly "down in the mine" See ROLDWNLN, etc. From Hard Hitting Songs, Guthrie et al Recordrd by Ramblin' Thomas on Paramount 12609-A