On a Monday, I was arrested On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested On a Thursday, they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down
On a Monday, I got my stripes at Richard's On a Tuesday, I got my ball and chain
On a Wednesday, I'm working, digging ditches On a Thursday, Lord, I beg them not to knock me down again
I got stripes
Stripes around my shoulders I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down
On a Monday, my mama come to see me On a Tuesday, they caught me with a vial
On a Wednesday
I'm down in solitary On a Thursday, Lord, I start on bread and water for a while
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down
On a Monday, my trial was attested On a Thursday, they locked me in the jail
On a Wednesday, they locked me in the jail