Four Day Creep
by 
Ida Cox 
recording of 19 
from 
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1927-1938) (Document 5325) 
When you lose your money don't lose your mind 
When you lose your money don't lose your mind 
When you lose your good man please don't mess with mine 
And I'm gonna buy me a bulldog to watch my man while he sleeps 
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog to watch my man while he sleeps 
Men are so doggone crooked, afraid he might make a four day creep 
Girls I'm gonna tell you this, ain't gonna tell you nothin' else 
Girls I'm gonna tell you this, ain't gonna tell you nothin' else 
Any woman's a fool who thinks she's got a whole man by herself 
But if you got a good man and don't want him taken away from you 
Girls if you got a good man and don't want him taken away from you 
Don't ever tell your friend woman what your man can do 
Lord Lord I'm getting up in years 
Lordy Lordy Lordy I'm getting up in years 
But mama ain't too old to shift her gears 
And I'm a big fat mama, got the meat shakin' on my bones 
I'm a big fat mama, got the meat shakin' on my bones 
And every time I shake, some skinny gal loses her home 
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Note 1: four day creep, or 'fore (from: before) day creep, to betray one's wife or lover with another lover.