Hard Time Blues
by 
Ida Cox 
recording of October 31 1939 
from probably 
I Can't Quit My Man (Affinity 1015) 
I never seen such a real hard times before 
I never seen such a real hard times before 
The wolf keeps walkin' all 'round my door 
They howl all night and they moan till the break of day 
They howl all night and they moan till the break of day 
They seem to know my good man's gone away 
I can't go outside to my grocery store 
I can't go outside to my grocery store 
I ain't got no money and my credit don't go no more 
Won't somebody please try and find my man for me 
Won't you please try and find my man for me 
Tell him I'm broke and hungry, lonely as I can be 
If he didn't like my potatoes, why did he dig so deep 
If he didn't like my potatoes, why did he dig so deep 
In his mama's potato patch, five and ten times a week?