I ain’t gonna be your old work ox no more,
I ain’t gonna be your old work ox no more,
I ain’t gonna be your old work ox no more,
I done my due, ain’t gonna do no more.
Up early in the morning, way ‘fore break of day,
Up early in the morning, way ‘fore break of day,
Up early in the morning, way ‘fore break of day,
Can’t find no breakfast, got to hurry on my way.
Good God almighty, got it tough and hard,
Good God almighty, got it tough and hard,
Good God almighty, got it tough and hard,
The Captain I has never satisfied.
Well, I tell you people, and I tell you true,
Well, I tell you people, and I tell you true,
Well, I tell you people, and I tell you true,
You can never tell what your old work ox gwine do.
I ain’t gonna be your old work ox no more,
I ain’t gonna be your old work ox no more,
I done my due, ain’t gonna do no more.
Up early in the morning, way ‘fore break of day,
Up early in the morning, way ‘fore break of day,
Up early in the morning, way ‘fore break of day,
Can’t find no breakfast, got to hurry on my way.
Good God almighty, got it tough and hard,
Good God almighty, got it tough and hard,
Good God almighty, got it tough and hard,
The Captain I has never satisfied.
Well, I tell you people, and I tell you true,
Well, I tell you people, and I tell you true,
Well, I tell you people, and I tell you true,
You can never tell what your old work ox gwine do.
Contributed by Pluck - 2024/2/25 - 15:28
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Me and My Captain: Chain Gang Negro Songs of Protest
by Lawrence Gellert, 1939