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- Lightnin’ Hopkins - I Worked Down On The Chaing Gang Lyrics
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- Yeah you know I worked on the railroad
- I even worked down on that chain gang
- Yeah you know I worked on the railroad
- Oh boy and I worked down on the chain gang
- Yeah they put me in jail when it was raining
- Honey that was the best for me
- Throwed me in the jail when it was raining
- Honey and that is the best for me
- You know the jail kept me in [from] the wet
- I didn't have no place to stay, don't you know
- When I workin' on the chain gang,
- ball and chain all around my leg
- I was workin' on the chain gang,
- ball and chain all around my leg
- I said Please don't drive me too hard, I'm an old man
- They say We don't pay no attention to the age
- He said Who sent you down here, boy
- What did you break in this jail for?
- Who sent you down here, boy
- What did you break in this jail for?
- He say You look like a man would kill your mother
- (And I believe he did)
- Oh boy what did you kill that old woman for?
- (A sad time, and I had to cry...)
- I said mmmmmmm mister jailer,
- will you please sir bring me the key
- I said mmmmmmm mister jailer,
- will you please sir bring me the key
- I says I just want you to open the door
- Cause this ain't no place for me
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