Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee lyrics

Take This Hammer blues lyrics

Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, (3X)
Tell him I'm gone,
Tell him I'm gone.
If he ask you was I laughin', (3X)
Tell him I was cryin',
Tell him I was cryin'.
If he ask you was I runnin', (3X)
Tell him I was flyin',
Tell him I was flyin'.
That old captain was a mean old captain, (3X)
Tell him I'm gone,
Tell him I'm gone.
I don't want no cornbread an' molasses, (3X)
It hurts my proud,
It hurts my proud.
I don't want no cold iron shackles, (3X)
Around my leg,
Around my leg.
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, (3X)
Tell him I'm gone,
Tell him I'm gone.