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Oscar Brown jr, |
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Nat Adderley |
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang |
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Breaking rocks and serving my time |
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang |
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Because they done convicted me of crime |
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Hold it steady right there while |
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I hit it well |
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I reckon that ought to get it been working and working but |
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I still got so terribly far to go |
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I commited crime |
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Lord I needed |
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Crime of being hungry and poor |
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I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?) |
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When they caught me robbing his store |
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Hold it steady right there while |
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I hit it Well |
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I reckon that ought to get it been working and working but |
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I still got so terribly far to go |
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I heard the judge say five years |
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On chain-gang you gonna go |
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I heard the judge say five years labor |
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I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!" |
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Hold it right there while |
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I hit it well |
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I reckon that ought to get it been working and working but |
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I still got so terribly far to go |
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Gonna see my sweet honey bee |
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Gonna break this chain off to run |
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Gonna lay down somewhere shady |
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Lord I sure am hot in the sun |
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Hold it right there while |
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I hit it well |
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I reckon that ought to get it been workin' and workin' been workin' and slavin' an' workin' and workin' but |
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I still got so terribly far to go |
