Told My Captain

(traditional)

Told my captain

My hands were cold

God damn your hands, boy

Let the wheelin' roll!

Told my captain

My feet were cold

God damn your feet, boy

Let the wheelin' roll!

Captain, captain

You must be blin'

Look at your watch

It's past quittin' time

Captain, captain

How can it be

Whistle done blow

You still workin' me?

Asked my captain

To give me my time

Dam' old captain

Wouldn't pay me no mind

If I'd-a had my

Weight in lime

Would've whupped that captain

Till he went stone blind

Raised my hand

To wipe the sweat from my head

Damned old captain

Shot my buddy dead

If you don't believe

That my buddy's dead

Just look at the hole

In my buddy's head

Captain walkin' up and down

Buddy's lyin' on the burning ground

Buzzards circling 'round the sky

Buzzards sure know

Captain's gonna die