District Attorney Blues
by 
Booker T. Washington White a.k.a. Bukka White 
recording of 1940, Chicago 
from 
The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 (Travelin' Man 3) 
& 
The Complete Bukka White (Columbia CK-52782) 
District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He will take a woman's man and leave her 
cold in hand 
District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He will take a woman's man and leave her cold in hand 
The District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He has caused a many mens to be in some distant land 
District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He has caused so many women to be cold in hand 
The District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
Ain't no woman but he sho' will take a woman's man 
District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He will take a woman's man and leave her cold in hand 
The District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He can tell just where when he gonna take a woman's man 
District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He will take a woman's man and leave her cold in hand 
The District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He taken me from my woman, cause her to love some other man 
District Attorney sho' is hard on a man 
He will take a woman's man and leave her cold in hand