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Yeah, you know I worked on the railroad

I even worked down on that chain gang

Yeah, you know I worked on the railroad

Oh, boy and I worked down on the chain gang

Yeah, you know I’ve been in a lots of trouble

Yes, and I’ve been in mostly everything

Yeah, they put me in jail when it was raining

Honey, that was the best for me

Throwed me in the jail when it was raining

Honey, that is the best for me

You know the jail kept me from getting wet

I didn’t have no place to stay, don’t you see?

When I was working on the chain gang

Ball and chain all around my leg

When I was working on the chain gang

Ball and chain all around my leg

I said, «Please don’t drive me too hard, I’m an old man»

They say, «We don’t pay no attention to the age»

He said, «Who sent you down here, boy?

What did you break in this jail for?

Who sent you down here, boy?

What did you break in this jail for?»

He say, «You look like a man who would kill your mother»

And I believe he did

Oh, boy, what did you kill that old woman for?

A sad time and I had to cry

I said mister jailer

Will you please, sir, bring me the key?

I said, mister jailer

Will you please, sir, bring me the key?

I say I just want you to open the door

'Cause this ain’t no place for me

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