Do, Do, Pity My Case

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VERSES
Do, do pity my case
In some lady's garden
My clothes to wash when I get home
In some lady's garden
Do, do pity my case
In some lady's garden
My clothes to iron when I get home
In some lady's garden

Originally possibly a servants' song, sung spinning in a ring around a big tree in a garden (Louisiana)