Sleepy John Estes — Clean Up At Home lyrics

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Clean Up At Home — Sleepy John Estes
Self-accompanied in C position, Charlie Pickett, second guitar
I wash my clothes, I hang 'em by the fire
Get up in the mornin' they be thoroughly dry
CHORUS: Clean up at home, clean up at home
Clean up at home, I 'clare you can’t go wrong
I went to the beer tavern, tryin' to make me a dime
Said, «Go 'way, boy, clean up and git on some time.»
Five cents cap and ten cent suit
Then y’all think I’m tryin' to act cute, I want to I was doin' somethin' that you can’t do Go 'round on State Street, get a woman for a pot of stew, you have to CHORUS: Clean up at home, you have to clean up at home,
Clean up at home, I 'clare you can’t go wrong
I played for the colored, I played for the white
All you got to do, act kinda nice, you got to CHORUS: Clean up at home, you got to clean up at home
Clean up at home, 'clare you can’t go wrong