CZTERY REFY - In the Morning

In The Morning

Words & music original:

Oh what's the use of workin' so hard in the morning?
Oh what's the use of workin' so hard,
In the morning! So soon!
Oh what's the use of workin' so hard?
My gal she works in the white man's yard,
In the morning! In the morning! So soon!

She cook that chicken, she give me the wing, in the morning:
She cook that chicken, she give me the wing
In the morning! So soon!
Oh she cook that chicken, she give me the wing,
She thinks I'm working but I ain't doin' a thing,
In the morning! In the morning! So soon!

She cook that chicken, she give me the stuffin', in the morning:
She cook that chicken, she give me the stuffin',
In the morning! In the morning! So soon!
Oh she cook that chicken, she give me the stuffin',
She thinks I'm workin' , but I'm only bluffin',
In the morning! In the morning! So soon!

So what's the use of workin' so hard in the morning?
So what's the use of workin' so hard,
In the morning! So soon!
So what's the use of workin' so hard?
My gal she works in the white man's yard,
In the morning! In the morning! So soon!

"In the Morning" - this is my version of a song collected by Joanna Colcord, who around the turn of the century, sailed with her captain - father on American merchant ships. Many merchant ship captains used to bring their families with them that way. She collected this song from an African - American sailor on a coastwise steamer.