Good mornin' skin game, hollerin' skin game please last Good mornin' skin game, hollerin' skin game please last I done staked my man to win and I, hope my money will pass He's done pawned my house, he got my life at stake He's done pawned my house, got my life at stake And I've got to get it back, with that money he gamble and make He never lost no money, until he drawed that black Queen of Spades Ooh, lost his money, on that black Queen of Spades And my man was need-now beggin', he was in hard luck that very day When he come back to me, got a dollar or two Come back to me, got a dollar or two I want him to go back to that skin game, and see what he can do If my man, he could only win my money back If my man, could only win my money back I would take a walk downtown, buy me a brand-new pair of shoes and hat