| You hear me calling at the crack of dawn
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| Jump up brothers come and face the morn
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| Forget your aching from the day before
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| 'Cause today we’re goin' to do that and more
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| Lead man holler, yo oh ho
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| All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
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| Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
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| Down we go for a working dollar
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| I want de men, the women and the children too
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| We got a long day out we got a lot to do
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| We got to cut up, stack up and load the cane
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| You better bring a shawl 'cause it look like rain
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| Lead man holler, yo oh ho
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| All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
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| Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
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| Down we go for a working dollar
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| Well a working man I am tired and true
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| I won’t ask you nothin' that I wouldn’t do
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| Well you pay today is the same as last
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| Your work’s the same, just a little fast
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| Lead man holler, yo oh ho
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| All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
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| Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
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| Down we go for a working dollar
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| Well I’d like to tell you 'bout yesterday
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| You work quite well, I am proud to say
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| I want ev’ry man to try his will
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| And make yesterday look like he was standing still
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| Lead man holler, yo oh ho
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| All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
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| Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
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| Down we go for a working dollar |