I Belong To The Government Now 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 Sep 2009
2009

Old Andy Green
has got a mighty swelled head,
but I know when he
didn't even have bread.
Since he's been working
he never knows me,
and ev'ry night
he goes on a spree.
He cleans the windows
and mops out the hall
down in the courthouse
but he thinks he's all.
He wears more stripes
on his clothes than any king,
I spoke to him one day
and he began to sing.

I belong to the government now
ain't supposed to speak
but I can bow
I belong to a different class,
When you see me always pass,
see dese stripes I am wearing 'round here,
get a fresh one on every year,
't'aint no use in asking me how,
for I belong to the government now.

I belong to the government now
ain't supposed to speak
but I can bow
I belong to a different class,
When you see me always pass,
see dese stripes I am wearing 'round here,
get a fresh one on every year,
't'aint no use in asking me how,
for I belong to the government now.

I had some friends up here
from Mississippi,
And they wanted me,
to show them the city,
one day I dressed up
in elegant style,
and took my friends
to see Blackville Isle.
First coon I saw
he was lanky and lean
I looked again
and it was Andy Green,
digging away
with a shovel and hoe
and when he looked at me
he whispered soft and low.

I belong to the government now
ain't supposed to speak
but I can bow
I belong to a different class,
When you see me always pass,
see dese stripes I am wearing 'round here,
get a fresh one on every year,
't'aint no use in asking me how,
for I belong to the government now.

I belong to the government now
ain't supposed to speak
but I can bow
I belong to a different class,
When you see me always pass,
see dese stripes I am wearing 'round here,
get a fresh one on every year,
't'aint no use in asking me how,
for I belong to the government now.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Belong To The Government Now 1903
by Billy Johnson
© 1903 by Harry von Tilzer Mus.Pub.Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 9 September 2009 at 22.49
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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