Big House Bound
by 
Blind Boy Fuller 
recording of 1938-1940 
from 
Get Your Yas Yas Out: Essential Recordings (Indigo 2027) 
& 
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1938-1940) (Document 5095) 
Then I sent for my friends, "Please spare the rod" 
Then I sent for my friends, "Please spare the rod" 
Then my friends sent me word, "Lord the times was too dog-gone hard" 
I got friends 'as got money, "Please tell 'em to go my bail" 
I got friends 'as got money, "Please tell 'em to go my bail" 
And my friends sent me word, "Had no business in the county jail" 
Then I felt so right till the judge turned around and frowned 
Then I felt so right till the judge turned around and frowned 
Says, "I'm sorry for you buddy, but you're on your last-go-round"