Told my captain hands an’ feet wus cold,
Say, “You ought-a warm ’em befo’ you come here.”
Captain call me early in mo’nin’,
Call me to shake six-hoss plow.
I told my captain, captain,
I could not shake dis plow.
O captain, captain, what time you gonna quit?
“’Tain’t none o’ yo’ business when I quit.”
Gonna buy me ticket, long as my long right arm,
Gonna catch dat train call Cannon Ball.