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GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN' BAD

(learned from Tom Aley in 1959, a Hiking Club caver; written by Woody Guthrie in the 1920s)

I'm goin' down the road feelin' bad,
I'm goin' down the road feelin' bad,
I'm goin' down the road feelin' bad, Lord, Lord,
Ain't gonna be treated this-a-way.

These two dollar shoes hurt my feet...
Ain't gonna be treated this-a-way.

Takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot...
Ain't gonna be treated this-a-way.

I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine...
Ain't gonna be treated this-a-way.

The water 'round here, it tastes like turpentine...
Ain't gonna be treated this-a-way.

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)