Captain, Captain - Mance Lipscomb

As' my captain

What time o' day

As' my Captain

What time o' day

He just look at his watchman

An' he walk away

Wouldn’t mind working

Captain, from sun to sun

Wouldn’t mind working

Captain, from sun to sun

Long as you pay me my money, Captain

When payday come.

Tol' my Captain

That ol' Maude was dead

Tol' my Captain

Ol' Maude da Mool was dead

«Nigger, don’t mind that ol' mule.

Whoop the harness on Ned.»

Went all 'round

That ol' whole corral

All 'round

That ol' whole corral

Lord, couldn’t find a mool

Wit' his shoulders well

Two years ain’t long

Six months ain’t no great long time

Two years ain’t long

Six months ain’t no great long time

Got a friend in penitention doing nin’y-nine

Oughta been down on the river

In the year nineteen and ten

Oughta been down on the river

Year: nineteen and ten

Women wo' the ball and chain

Jus' like the men