Remember last election

Everybody was in action

Tryin' to find themselves a president

There was a man named Lawson

From New York down to Boston

Representing the colored people we had sent

My brother was a voter

Also a great promoter

Goin' round givin' advice

They'd go to the poll and vote

Instead of voting once he voted twice

He's in the jailhouse now

He's in the jailhouse now

We got him down town in jail

No one to go his bail

He's in the jailhouse now

I went downtown last Friday

I met a gal named Lidday

I thought she was the swellest gal in town

She start to call me honey

I thought to spending money

We went into a cafe and sit down

I thought that I was in it

Buying a drink a minute

Buying wine champagne by the jug

When I went to pay that man

I found that lady's hand

In my pocket where my money was

They gotta

She's in the graveyard now

She's in the graveyard now

When I went to pay that man

I found that old gal's hand

He's in the jaihouse now

He's in the jaihouse now

He's in the jaihouse now

When I went to pay that man

I found that lady's hand

She's in the jailhouse now