| On a Monday | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lead Belly |
| Genre: | Country |
| I Got Stripes | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| A-Side: | "I Got Stripes" "Five Feet High and Rising" |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Columbia 4-41427 |
| Prev Title: | Katy Too |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Goodbye Little Darlin' |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
"I Got Stripes" is a song recorded by Johnny Cash.
Cash's version is credited to him and Charlie Williams,[1] but they borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".
Lead Belly's original, also known as "Yellow Women's Door Bells" and "Almost Done", was recorded and released by him in 1939[2] and reflected his "prison experiences".[3]
The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959[4] [5] and released as a single in July, with "Five Feet High and Rising" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
According to Robert Hilburn and his book Johnny Cash: The Life, "I Got Stripes" is a "raucous prison tale" written by Johnny Cash and Charlie Williams, a DJ from Los Angeles and Cash's friend. They borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".