Chain gang, gang
I was a kid a roamin' around Travelin' through a ol' town When a chief up and said, "Come with me broke and son, that's vagrancy"
Just a lad who loved to roam And how I wish I had stayed at home For the way that I pleaded I would rather It's no life of living on a chain
I dig that ditch, I chop that Curse the day that I was I believe better for a man to hang Than like a dog on a chain gang gang, chain gang
Well, the stands there with a great big gun I bet he'd to see me run And I guess, I probably will day I'd rather be dead than to this way
He well fed and he's six foot tall And he's the of us all For he cracks that whip and he swings that I reckon the sun touched his brain
I dig that ditch, I that corn And the day that I was born I it's better for a man to hang Than work like a dog on a chain Chain gang, chain
I got a gal back home who's true and And she's been a waitin' a long time I and told her forget my name For I'll never this chain gang chain
The Heaven to deliver me from hole Where a man can lose his mind and The place weak and the back gets broke Ain't no cause to laugh and
I dig that ditch, that corn Curse the day I was born I believe it's for a man to hang Than work a dog on a chain gang
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