The Midnight Special Lyrics - Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection - Leadbelly

Well you wake up in the morning, hear the ding dong ring, 

You go a-marching to the table, see the same damn thing 

Well, it's on a one table, knife, a fork and a pan, 

and if you say anything about it, you're in trouble with the man 

Let the midnight special, shine her light on me 

Let the midnight special, shine her ever-loving light on me 

If you ever go to Houston, you better walk right, you better not stagger, you better not fight 

Sheriff Benson will arrest you, he'll carry you down 

And if the jury finds you guilty, penitentiary bound 

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Yonder come little Rosie, how in the world do you know 

I can tell her by her apron, and the dress she wore 

Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand 

She goes a-marching to the captain, says, "I want my man" 

"I don' believe that Rosie loves me", well tell me why 

She ain't been to see me, since las' July 

She brought me little coffee, she brought me little tea 

Brought me damn near ever'thing but the jailhouse key 

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Yonder comes doctor Adams, "How in the world do you know?" 

Well he gave me a tablet, the day befo' 

There ain't no doctor, in all the lan' 

Can cure the fever of a convict man