Classic Poem

Now me and my baby we talked last night
And we talked for nearly a hour
She wanted me to go down to the Welfare Store
And get a sack of that Welfare flour
But I told her: No!
Baby, and I sure don't wanna go
I say I'll do anything in the world for you
I don't want to go down to that Welfare Store

Now you need to go get you some real white man
You know, to sign your little note
They give you a pair of them keen toed shoes
And one of them old pinch-back soldier coats
But I told her: No!
Baby, I don't wanna go
I say I'll do anything in the world for you
But I don't wanna go down to that Welfare Store

President Roosevelt said them Welfare people
They gonna treat everybody right
Said, They give you a can of them beans
And a can or two of them old tripe
But I told her: No!
Baby, and I sure don't wanna go
I say I'll do anything in the world for you
But I don't wanna go down to that Welfare Store

Well now me and my baby we talked yesterday
And we talked in my back yard
She said, I'll take care of you, Sonny Boy
Just as long as these times stay hard
And I told her: Yeah!
Baby, and I sure won't have to go
I say, and if you do that for me
I won't have to go down to that Welfare Store