I Got Stripes

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 'bout to drag me down
 On a Monday got my striped britches
 On a Tuesday got my ball and chain
 On a Wednesday I'm workin' diggin' ditches
 On a Thursday, Lord, I begged 'em not to knock me down again
 I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
 I got chains, chains around my feet
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 I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
 And them chains, them chains, they're 'bout to drag me down
 On a Monday my momma come to see me
 On a Tuesday they caught me with a file
 On a Wednesday I'm down in solitary
 On a Thursday, Lord, 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 'bout to drag me down