Big Brazos — Hammer Ring

Well, my hammer, (hammer ring) Got a ten-pound hammer, (hammer ring) Cap’n went to Houston, (hammer ring) To git me a hammer, (hammer ring) Way down in de bottom, (hammer ring) Hew out de live oak, (hammer ring) Son, you got fever, (hammer ring) Son, you got fever, (hammer ring) Said, come here, nigga, (hammer ring) Don’t you see you got fever? (hammer ring) Oh, sergeant . . . Ain’t got no fever. . . . Better get to rollin’. . . . . gonna hang you Oh, cap’n.. Hammer am a ringin’ Ringin’ for de captain Ringin’ for de sergeant What de matter wid my pardner? Oh, my hammer, (hammer ring) Way down in the timber I’m goin’ to Austin, (hammer ring) Have a talk wid de Gov’nor I heard dat sergeant Talkin’ to Marble Eye