When You Ain't Got No Money 1898

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8Jan2025
2025

I'se had hard luck,
worst ever struck,
Oh, I'se been up against it
good an' hard.
Shot craps last night,
got cleaned up right,,
for dey won my money by de yard;
went down to tell
my cullud belle,
how I was broke
an' didn't have a nod;
Her chin dropped down,
she gave a frown,
den dat on'ry nigger gal she said;

When you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
Ef you is broke Mister Nigger
I'll throw you down,
I'se only coon
dat I can see,
is de one dat blows his dough on me,
so when you bring
de stuff Mister Nigger
I'se to be found.
But when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
For you ain't the
only poodle in de pound.
So if my baby you wants to be,
you'se got to have de dough
and spend it on me,
but when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.

When you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
Ef you is broke Mister Nigger
I'll throw you down,
I'se only coon
dat I can see,
is de one dat blows his dough on me,
so when you bring
de stuff Mister Nigger
I'se to be found.
But when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
For you ain't the
only poodle in de pound.
So if my baby you wants to be,
you'se got to have de dough
and spend it on me,
but when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.

Big nigger Ben, lent me a ten,
I went down to de races at de track,
got a sure thing, started to sing:
"Dis is where I gits my money back;"
sat down and wrote
my gal a note,
says I, dis tips so easy dat it's dead;
I lost my bet, hoss runnin' yet,
and de nigger wrote to me and said:

When you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
Ef you is broke Mister Nigger
I'll throw you down,
I'se only coon
dat I can see,
is de one dat blows his dough on me,
so when you bring
de stuff Mister Nigger
I'se to be found.
But when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
For you ain't the
only poodle in de pound.
So if my baby you wants to be,
you'se got to have de dough
and spend it on me,
but when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.

When you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
Ef you is broke Mister Nigger
I'll throw you down,
I'se only coon
dat I can see,
is de one dat blows his dough on me,
so when you bring
de stuff Mister Nigger
I'se to be found.
But when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
For you ain't the
only poodle in de pound.
So if my baby you wants to be,
you'se got to have de dough
and spend it on me,
but when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.

One night last fall, went to a Ball,
of course may gal went wid me
on mah arm,
cut such a swell, me and mah Belle,
guess as babies we was pretty wahm;
dey had ice cream,
thought I would scream,
"I think I'll take a plate or two,"
says she.
I says: "I'm broke."
Den up she spoke,
dis is what dat gal she said to me:

When you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
Ef you is broke Mister Nigger
I'll throw you down,
I'se only coon
dat I can see,
is de one dat blows his dough on me,
so when you bring
de stuff Mister Nigger
I'se to be found.
But when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
For you ain't the
only poodle in de pound.
So if my baby you wants to be,
you'se got to have de dough
and spend it on me,
but when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.

When you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
Ef you is broke Mister Nigger
I'll throw you down,
I'se only coon
dat I can see,
is de one dat blows his dough on me,
so when you bring
de stuff Mister Nigger
I'se to be found.
But when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.
For you ain't the
only poodle in de pound.
So if my baby you wants to be,
you'se got to have de dough
and spend it on me,
but when you ain't got no money,
well you needn't come round.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When You Ain't Got No Money 1898
(Well You Needn't Come Round)
Lyrics by Clarence S.Brewster
Music by A.B.Sloane
© 1898 by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 8 January 2025 at 17.03
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James Pitt-Payne