Work Song-Joe Williams

[ti:Work Song (Live)] [ar:Joe Williams] [al:Black Coffee - A Jazz Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Work Song - Joe Williams (乔·威廉) [00:11.05]Breakin' up these rocks on-a chain gang [00:13.04] [00:14.68]Breakin' rocks and servin' my time [00:16.98] [00:18.52]Breakin' up these rocks on-a chain gang [00:20.97] [00:22.37]'Cause I been convicted of a crime [00:26.62]Hold it steady right there while I hit it [00:28.25] [00:30.08]Oh reckon that ought-a get it [00:31.46] [00:32.47]Been workin' I been workin' [00:34.88] [00:36.29]But I got me so terrible long to go [00:38.35] [00:41.62]I been convicted of the crime Lord of needin' [00:43.53] [00:44.84]Crime of bein' hungry and poor [00:47.03] [00:48.08]Had-a leave some grocery man bleedin' [00:50.03] [00:52.04]When he found me robbin' his store [00:54.39] [00:55.61]Hold it steady right there while I hit it huh [00:59.67]Oh reckon that ought-a get it [01:02.35]Been workin' I been workin' [01:04.97] [01:06.55]But I got me so terrible long to go [01:08.72] [01:10.77]Heard a judge say “Five years labor [01:14.60]To the chain gang you got-a go ” [01:16.89] [01:18.25]Heard a judge say “Five years labor ” [01:20.86] [01:21.98]Heard my woman scream “Lordy no ” [01:24.28] [01:25.65]Hold it steady right there while I hit it huh [01:29.40]Oh reckon that ought-a get it [01:32.52]Been workin' I been workin' [01:34.76] [01:36.48]But I got me so terrible long to go [01:38.82] [01:40.95]Captain told me “You got to watch your behavior [01:44.57] [01:45.10]If you're gonna work just like a natural born man ” [01:48.28]I told the captain “You'd be meetin' your Savior [01:51.32] [01:51.90]You come on close to this hammer in my hand ” [01:54.81] [01:55.58]Hold him steady right there while I hit him huh [01:59.31] [01:59.88]Oh reckon that ought-a get him [02:01.86]Been workin' I been workin' [02:04.71] [02:06.35]But I got me so terrible long to go [02:08.85] [02:12.12]Been workin' I been workin' [02:18.37] [02:28.86]But I got me so terrible long to go