TAKE THIS HAMMER

The Notting Hillibilies

1990



Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, (3x)

Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone.



If he ask you was I runnin' (3x)

Tell him I'm flyin'.



If he ask you was I laughin',

Tell him I was cryin'.



I don't want no cold iron shackles,

Around my leg.



I don't want no cornbread and molasses,

They hurt my pride.



I'm go'n' make these few days I started,

Then I'm goin' home.



Traditional, USA