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Ain't No More Cane

from Please Be Patient With Me by Chris Bryant

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Ain’t no more cane

You oughta been on the river,
in 1904.
There was a dead man,
In every row,

You oughta been on the river,
In 1910.
They was drivin the women,
Just like they drive the men,

Ain’t no more cane on the brazo,
They done ground it down to molasses,

Captain, oh captain,
You must be blind,
You keep hollerin,
And I’m damn near flyin.

Ninety-nine years,
Is so damn long.
To be here working,
And I can’t go home.

There ain’t no more cane on the brazo,
They done ground it down to molasses.

Some are in the building,
And some are on the farm.
Some are in the graveyard,
And some are going home

Wake up, lifetime,
Hold up your head.
Well, you might get a pardon,
And you may drop dead.

Now there ain’t no more cane on the brazo,
Done ground it down into molasses.

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from Please Be Patient With Me, released March 17, 2009
Chris Bryant - music
Lyrics from a Texas Prison Work Song

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