Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Ain't No More Cane on This Brazis, artist - Alan Lomax. Date of issue: 29.08.1960
Song language: English
Ain't No More Cane on This Brazis |
| There ain’t no more cane on the Brazis |
| Oh, oh, oh |
| They done ground it all in mollasses |
| Oh, oh, oh |
| Better git yo' overcoat ready, oh… |
| Well, it’s comin' up a norther, oh… |
| Well the captain standin' an ' lookin' an' cryin' |
| Well, it’s gittin' so cold, my row’s behin' |
| Cap’n doncha do me like you did po' Shine |
| You drive that bully till he went stone-blin' |
| Cap’n cap’n, you must be blin' |
| Keep on holl’in an' I’m almos' flyin' |
| One o' dese mornin’s, an' it won’t be long |
| You gonna call me an' I’ll be gone |
| Ninety-nine years so jumpin' long |
| To be here rollin' an' cain' go home |
| If I had a sentence like ninety-nine years |
| All the dogs on the Brazis won' keep me here |
| I b’lieve I’ll go to de Brazis line |
| Ef I leave you here, gonna think I’s flyin' |
| B’lieve I’ll do like old Riley |
| Ol' Riley walked the big Brazis |
| Well, the dog-sergeant got worried an' couldn' go |
| Ol' Rattler went to howlin' 'cause the tracks too ol' |
| Oughta come on the river in 1904 |
| You could find a dead man on every turn row |
| Oughta come on the river in 1910 |
| They was drivin' the women jes' like the men |
| Wake up, dead man, an' help me drive my row |
| Wake up, dead man, an' help me drive my row |
| Some in the buildin' an' some on the farm |
| Some in the graveyard, and some goin' home |
| I looked at my Ol' Hannah, and she’s turnin' red |
| I looked at my podner an' he’s almos' dead |
| Wake up, lifetime, hold up yo' head |
| Well, you may get a pardon an' you may drop dead |
| Well, I wonder what’s de matter, somepin' mus' be wrong |
| We’re still here rollin', Shorty George done gone |
| Go down, Ol' Hannah, doncha rise no mo' |
| If you rise in the mornin' bring Judgment Day |