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For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass)

by Clara Smith

on Street Walkin' Blues (1990) Those Dirty Blues, Volume 2 (2009)

Hard times they tell me made a monkey eat a red pepper
Let me tell you what they've done to a red hot stepper
Hannah Johnson was a lucky farmerette till this depression
Now she's lost most everything she had in her profession
She didn't miss the cow, she didn't miss the chicken
But when she had to sell her jack ass then she raised a bickin'
She didn't mind the loss of peas nor horses nor hay
The thing that her most was to hear the neighbors say

Old Hannah Johnson's big black ass, is on the block for sale
The way she worked that jack ass, it must be tough as a whale
Every man in this county could ride it the best
And harness or not you were safe on her jay
Long distant riding the jack ass never tired
It would work for nothing just as same as when high
Hanna Johnson big jack ass is on the block for sale
Hannah Johnson's big black ass, is on the block for sale
They way she worked that tall old ass
It must be tough as a whale
When mounting, be gentle. You'll have no trouble
She worked alright single, but wouldn't tote double
If you're on her and a neighbour should pass
Though you'd cover her head, they'd recognize her ass
Hanna Johnson big jack ass is on the block for sale
I'm still talkin' about, the mule was on the block for sale