Poor Millionaire Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw

When a man is down

He’s lucky he ain’t got no friends at all-a

I said when a man is down

Seem like ain’t no friends at all

It seem like ev’rybody

Wants to knock him around like he’s an old ball

When it comes to women

He can’t have no luck at all, oh

I said, when he comes to women

He can’t have no luck at all, no

They want to put a halter on him

Hoo-well, then tie him up like a mule in his stall

When he go around a used to be woman

One you have to give a real good time

When he go around a used to be woman

One you have give a real good time

And again

You know if he had the poor savvy

If she got a dollar she will swear that she ain’t got a dime

When he walk in to see his old gang

Which whom he used to drink

When he walk in to see his old gang

Which whom he used to drink

Well, if he ask them for a little taste

Ooo-well, they’ll say, 'Oh, that’s just what you think'

Now men when you are down

One thing you must do

Yeah, when you are down

One thing you must do

When you get up

Start to remember ev’rybody that mistreated you.