Chain gang, chain
I was a kid a roamin' around through a little ol' town When a chief walked up and said, "Come me broke and son, that's vagrancy"
Just a carefree lad who to roam And how I wish that I had stayed at For the way that I pleaded I would hang It's no life of living on a gang
I dig that ditch, I that corn the day that I was born I it's better for a man to hang Than work like a dog on a chain Chain gang, chain
Well, the guard stands there a great big gun I bet love to see me run And I guess, I probably some day I'd rather be dead than to live way
He well fed and he's six foot tall And the meanest of us all For he cracks that and he swings that cane I reckon the sun must've touched his
I dig that ditch, I chop that And the day that I was born I believe it's for a man to hang Than like a dog on a chain gang Chain gang, chain
I got a gal home who's true and kind And she's been a waitin' a long time I rolled and her forget my name For I'll lose this chain gang chain
The Heaven to me from this hole Where a man can his mind and soul The place gets weak and the gets broke Ain't no cause to and joke
I dig that ditch, that corn Curse the day I was born I believe it's for a man to hang work like a dog on a chain gang
Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a chain