Company store, Saturday afternoon. At left, miners shooting craps; at right, card gambling, favorite pastime. Chaplin, West Virginia, U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs LC-USF33- 030185-M3

Lyrics:
Every Monday morning I’m short money for the week

Every Monday morning I’m short money for the week

I’ll likely end my Wednesday well and truly up the creek

‘Cause it’s another Monday morning I’m short money for the week

I’ve had lots of empty pockets but not a lot of luck

I could share six ways from Sunday for stretching every buck

When it comes to making frayed ends meet I know well of what I speak—

As a poor man, I’m short money for the week

As a poor man, I’m short money for the week

It’s rough when nothing’s in your wallet if you’re a family man

Though you’ve notched your belt and buckled down and done the best you can

I’d like to get the wife and kids a treat but things are looking bleak

As a father, I’m short money for the week

As a father, I’m short money for the week

I’m not looking forward to Friday ‘cause I’m not sure what I’ll do

When the bookie comes-a-calling about my seventh IOU

See I’ve landed on the wrong side of another losing streak—

As a gambler, I’m short money for the week

As a gambler, I’m short money for the week           

When I lay me down on Sunday I’ve already got a peek

Of waking on the morrow short of money for the week