Chain gang, chain
I was a kid a roamin' around Travelin' a little ol' town When a chief walked up and said, "Come me broke and son, that's vagrancy"
Just a carefree lad who loved to And how I wish that I had at home For the way that I pleaded I rather hang It's no of living on a chain gang
I dig that ditch, I chop that Curse the day that I was I believe it's for a man to hang Than work like a dog on a gang Chain gang, chain
Well, the guard stands there a great big gun I bet he'd to see me run And I guess, I will some day I'd rather be dead than to live way
He well fed and he's six foot tall And the meanest of us all For he cracks that whip and he that cane I reckon the sun must've his brain
I dig that ditch, I chop corn And curse the day that I was I believe it's for a man to hang Than work a dog on a chain gang Chain gang, chain
I got a gal back home who's and kind And she's been a a long long time I and told her forget my name For I'll never lose this chain gang
The Heaven to deliver me from this a man can lose his mind and soul The gets weak and the back gets broke no cause to laugh and joke
I dig that ditch, that corn the day that I was born I believe it's for a man to hang Than work like a dog on a chain
Work like a dog on a chain Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a chain Work like a dog on a gang Work a dog on a chain gang