Remember last election
Everybody was in action
Tryin' to find themselves a president
There was a man named Lawson
From New York down to Boston
Representing the colored people we had sent
My brother was a voter
Also a great promoter
Goin' round givin' advice
They'd go to the poll and vote
Instead of voting once he voted twice
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
We got him down town in jail
No one to go his bail
He's in the jailhouse now