I Work Down On The Chain Gang Lyrics - Lightnin' Hopkins

Yeah you know I worked on the railroad 

I even worked down on that chain gang 

Yeah you know I worked on the railroad 

Oh boy and I worked down on the chain gang 

Yeah they put me in jail when it was raining 

Honey that was the best for me 

Throwed me in the jail when it was raining 

Honey and that is the best for me 

You know the jail kept me in [from] the wet 

I didn't have no place to stay, don't you know 

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When I workin' on the chain gang, 

ball and chain all around my leg 

I was workin' on the chain gang, 

ball and chain all around my leg 

I said Please don't drive me too hard, I'm an old man 

They say We don't pay no attention to the age 

He said Who sent you down here, boy 

What did you break in this jail for? 

Who sent you down here, boy 

What did you break in this jail for? 

He say You look like a man would kill your mother 

(And I believe he did) 

Oh boy what did you kill that old woman for? 

(A sad time, and I had to cry...) 

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I said mmmmmmm mister jailer, 

will you please sir bring me the key 

I said mmmmmmm mister jailer, 

will you please sir bring me the key 

I says I just want you to open the door 

Cause this ain't no place for me