Its aginst th law to walk, its aginst th law to talk
Its aginst th law to loaf, its aginst th law to work
Its aginst th law to read, its aginst th law to write
Its aginst th law to be a black, brown or white

Everthings aginst th law
Im a low pay daddy singing th high price blues

Its aginst th law to eat, its aginst th law to drink
Its aginst th law to worry, its aginst th law to think
Its aginst th law to marry or try to settle down
Its aginst th law to ramble like a bum from town to town

Everthings aginst th law
Im a low pay daddy singing th high price blues

Its aginst th law to come, its aginst th law to go
Its aginst th law to ride, its aginst th law to roll
Its aginst th law to hug, its aginst th law to kiss
Its aginst th law to shoot, its aginst th law to miss

Everthings aginst th law
Im a low pay daddy singing th high price blues

Its aginst th law to gamble, its aginst th law to roam
Its aaginst th law to organize or try to build a home
Its aginst th law to sing, its aginst th law to dance
Its aginst th law to tell you all th trouble on my hands

Everthing in winston-salem is aginst th law
Im a low pay daddy singin th high price blues

Words: woody guthrie (1947) - music: billy bragg (1995)