You know I'm goin' to the welfare   Ask them can they help me some?   You know I'm goin' to the welfare   Lord, Lord, Lord   Ask them can they help me some?      This ninety day strike been so long   It 'bout to get the best a-me      Lord, my wife and my children   Lord, they cry both night and day   Lord, my wife and my children   Lord, they cry both night and day      This doggone strike soon gonna end   I don't see how I can last much longer      You know it's been ninety days   Ninety days, ninety days   People and I sure don't see no end      It's been ninety days, already   It's been ninety days, been ninety days   Are over and I sure don't see no end      My wife and my baby, my baby   Lord, they grieve, cry over me   Lord have mercy   Daddy, what in the world you gonna do?