Take this old hammer,
take it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone
If he asked you, was I running
F .E .S .U. was out runnin'
Tell him I was flyin'
Tell him I was flyin'
So take this old hammer
Take it to the captain
Take this old hammer
Man, take it to the captain
Tell him I'm the one
Tell him I'm the one I don't
want no more
Cornbread and molasses
No, I don't want no
Cornbread and molasses
Hurts my pride
Yes, it hurts my pride
Oh, take this old hammer
Take it to the captain
Take this old hammer, man,
take it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone
If he asked you, was I crying?
If he asked you, was I laughing?
Tell him I was crying, tell him I was crying
Take this old hammer,
take it to the captain
Lord, take this old hammer,
man, take it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone
I don't want no more
Boy, beans and cabbage, man,
I don't want no more
Boy, beans and cabbage hurts my pride,
man, it hurts my pride
So take this old hammer,
take it to the captain
Man, take this old hammer,
take it to the captain
Man, him I'm gone
Man, tell him I'm gone
Man, tell him I'm gone
Tell him I'm gone