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