Crazy Joe, he make me laugh
When he talk dat way
’Bout de mansion on de hill
Whar de gov’nor stay;
When he vow dat he
Sho ez life gwine be
Walkin’ on dem flo’s some day.
He ain’t wise on politics,
En we tell him so,
En we say: “Nobody vote
Fo’ you, Crazy Joe!”
But he say dat he
Sometime sho gwine be
Walkin’ on dat mansion flo’.
His vote he’p de white man git
Ter dat place, he say,
En he waitin’ fo’ de state
Ter do right, en pay
Him wid dis job soon:
Washin’ de spittoon
What dey use dar ebry day!