Oh so many mornings I got to wake up soon
Mmmm
Oh I got to eat my breakfast by the light of the moon
Mmmm, oh by the light of the moon
Oh, so many mornings by the ding dong ding
Mmmm, oh, I go to the mess hall, buddy. I get the same old thing
Mmmm Oh well the same old thing
Lord, the sun is shining but the clouds’ gone gray
Boss Charlie hollering comin 'bout my way
Mmmm, oh coming 'bout my way
Oh Captain Captain do not call my name
Mmmm
Well, I got a brother down in Georgia with a ball and chain
Mmmm With a ball and chain
Oh Lord, I’m comin with the plow get gone
Mmmm
So many years without water it just rollin hard
Mmmm, Oh just rolling hard
Give my woman so many more dollars she broke an apron string
Christmas for last she never sent me a doggone thing
Mmmm Oh not a doggone thing
People on this little bitty mountain hollerin “Gee wah gee”
Mmmm
All these drivers down on these boulders tryin to kill poor me
Mmmmm Oh tryin to kill poor me
Molly and Sally lay sittin in the shade
Mmmm
Wonderin how many days I’ve made
Mmmm Oh how many days I’ve made
Oh, the jurors must have found me guilty while you wrote it down
Yes
Soon in the mornin you Angola bound
Mmmm Oh Angola bound
Go head mother don’t worry over me
Yes
Pray to the good Lord mother that your son goes free
Mmmm, Well your son go free
Oh well the other day when they gave me my time
Mmmm
Oh well I come to Angola and I hit that big long line
Mmmm I hit that big long line
Oh well the boat left Memphis with a hundred men
Yes
Oh when she got to Angola she didn’t have but ten
Mmmm she didn’t have but ten
Go ahead young man don’t follow me
Mmmm
You got one year son I got A.B.C.
Mmm, I got ABC
Oh I’m tryin to pardon, boy, last summer, what the governor did
Mmmm
Oh he denied one of the good lil’ kid
Mmmm One of the good lil’ kid
Sun going down, let’s pick em up,
Let’s go.
Mmmm
Oh I got to eat my breakfast by the light of the moon
Mmmm, oh by the light of the moon
Oh, so many mornings by the ding dong ding
Mmmm, oh, I go to the mess hall, buddy. I get the same old thing
Mmmm Oh well the same old thing
Lord, the sun is shining but the clouds’ gone gray
Boss Charlie hollering comin 'bout my way
Mmmm, oh coming 'bout my way
Oh Captain Captain do not call my name
Mmmm
Well, I got a brother down in Georgia with a ball and chain
Mmmm With a ball and chain
Oh Lord, I’m comin with the plow get gone
Mmmm
So many years without water it just rollin hard
Mmmm, Oh just rolling hard
Give my woman so many more dollars she broke an apron string
Christmas for last she never sent me a doggone thing
Mmmm Oh not a doggone thing
People on this little bitty mountain hollerin “Gee wah gee”
Mmmm
All these drivers down on these boulders tryin to kill poor me
Mmmmm Oh tryin to kill poor me
Molly and Sally lay sittin in the shade
Mmmm
Wonderin how many days I’ve made
Mmmm Oh how many days I’ve made
Oh, the jurors must have found me guilty while you wrote it down
Yes
Soon in the mornin you Angola bound
Mmmm Oh Angola bound
Go head mother don’t worry over me
Yes
Pray to the good Lord mother that your son goes free
Mmmm, Well your son go free
Oh well the other day when they gave me my time
Mmmm
Oh well I come to Angola and I hit that big long line
Mmmm I hit that big long line
Oh well the boat left Memphis with a hundred men
Yes
Oh when she got to Angola she didn’t have but ten
Mmmm she didn’t have but ten
Go ahead young man don’t follow me
Mmmm
You got one year son I got A.B.C.
Mmm, I got ABC
Oh I’m tryin to pardon, boy, last summer, what the governor did
Mmmm
Oh he denied one of the good lil’ kid
Mmmm One of the good lil’ kid
Sun going down, let’s pick em up,
Let’s go.
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