Told My Captain

Told my captain

My hands were cold.

God damn your hands, boy,

Let the wheelin' roll!

Told my captain

My feet were cold.

God damn your feet, boy,

Let the wheelin' roll!

Captain, captain

You must be blin'

Look at your watch

It's past quittin' time.

Captain, captain

How can it be,

Whistle done blow

You still workin' me?

Asked my captain

To give me my time

Dam' old captain

Wouldn't pay me no mind.

If I'd-a had my

Weight in lime

Would've whupped that captain

Till he went stone blind.

Raised my hand

To wipe the sweat from my head

Damned old captain

Shot my buddy dead.

If you don't believe

That my buddy's dead

Just look at the hole

In my buddy's head.

Captain walkin' up and down

Buddy's lyin' on the burning ground.

Buzzards circling 'round the sky

Buzzards sure know

Captain's gonna die.