Take this hammer take it to the captain take this hammer take it to the captain

Take this hammer take it to the captain tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone



If he asks you was I runnin' if he asks you was I runnin'

If he asks you was I runnin' tell him I's flyin' tell him I's flyin' 



Tell the captain I was headed for the river tell the captain I was headed for the river

Tell the captain I was headed for the river tell him I swim tell him I swim



Take this hammer take it to the captain take this hammer take it to the captain

Take this hammer take it to the captain tell him I'm gone gone gone tell him I'm gone



When that steamboat comes down the river when that steamboat comes down the river

When that steamboat comes down the river I'm a gonna swim when it comes by



Twenty-five miles in Mississippi twenty-five miles in Mississippi

Twenty-five miles in Mississippi tell him I'm gone gone gone tell him I'm gone



Take this hammer take it to the captain take this hammer take it to the captain

Take this hammer take it to the captain tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone