Goin' down to the river, take a rope and a rock

Tie it round my neck and jump off the dock

Cause my man he jumped salty on me



Ain't no one can change my mind

I've been mistreated and I don't mind dyin'

Cause that man jumped salty on me



Gonna get me some poison, kill myself

Cause the man I love has put me on the shelf

The dirty old viper jumped salty on me

If he didn't want me he didn't have to lie

The day I see him, that's the day he'll die

Cause that man jumped salty on me



Baby you don't know my mind

Lord, Lord, Lord, Baby you don't know my mind

When you see me laughin', I'm laughin' just to keep from cryin'



- solos from Mezz Mezzrow and Tommy Ladnier here -



A crooked man's worse than crooked dice

With dice you lose your money, with men you lose your life

Oh that fool jumped salty on me

I'm gonna get me a razor and a gun

Cut him if he stands still, shoot him if he runs

Cause that man jumped salty on me