My Old Horse Died

My Old Horse Died - Dock Boggs

Won't live right and

Don't want to live wrong

That's why I b'lieve

In the bible so strong

Wants you all to

Unnerstand what I say

Oncet had a fortune

But I threw it away

Old horse died and

The mule went lame

Lost my cow in a poker game

A cyclone come

One summer's day

Blew my house

And barn away

Earthquake follered

For to make it good

Swallowed the place

From the house it stood

The mortgage man

He came around

Hard to lay claim

To hole in the ground

Shock was so great

He up and died

Wife and children

Then wep' and cried

Somep'n was left for

The kids and wife

For they have insurance

With the bankers life