The weekly blues lyrics goes out to Sugar.

Pink Slip Blues
Pink Slip Blues was recorded October 31, 1939. With her All-Star Band, including Hot Lips Page (trumpet), J. C. Higginbotham (trombone), Edmond Hall (clarinet), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Charlie Christian (guitar), Artie Bernstein (bass), and Lionel Hampton (drums). From Italian LP Queen-Disc Q-048 (1980).

The W.P.A. that Ida sings about was the Works Projects Administration, set up in the 1930s as part of President Roosevelt's "New Deal", to combat unemployment by providing jobs in public works (highways, dams, bridges etc.). W.P.A. employment for women was rather scarce, limited to indoor occupations, so it's no wonder that Ida Cox reacted this way when she learned that she was no longer part of the scheme.

One day every week, I prop myself at my front door
One day every week, I prop myself at my front door
And the police force couldn't move me
'fore that mail man blow

'Twas a little white paper Uncle Sam had done addressed to me
'Twas a little white paper Uncle Sam had done addressed to me
It meant one more week, one week of sweet prosperity

But bad news got to spreading, and my poor hair started turning grey
But bad news got to spreading, and my poor hair started turning grey
Cause Uncle Sam started chopping, cutting thousands off the W.P.A.

Just a little pink slip, in a long white envelope
Just a little pink slip, in a long white envelope
Was the end of my road, was the last ray of my only hope

After four long years, Uncle Sam done put me on the shelf
After four long years, Uncle Sam done put me on the shelf
Cause that little pink slip means you got to go for yourself



I couldn't find a song titled "harassment blues"