WORK SONG

Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang

Breaking rocks and serving my time

Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang

Because I've been convicted of crime

Hold it steady right there while I hit it

Well I reckon that I ought to get it

I'm working I'm working

But I still got so terribly far to go

I committed crime honey-baby

The crime of being hungry and poor

I left the grocery store man bleeding

When they caught me robbing his store

Hold it steady right there while I hit it

Well I reckon that I ought to get it

I'm working and working

But I still got so terribly far to go

Gonna see my sweet honey baby

Gonna break this chain off to run

Gonna lay down somewhere shady

'Cause I sho' am hot in the sun

Hold it steady right there while I hit it

Well I reckon that I ought to get it

I'm workin', workin'

And I still got so terribly far to go