Odetta — Roll On Buddy - Live

You can take this hammer And you can carry it to the captain And you can tell him I'm gone Better tell him I'm gone And if you ask him If he ask him was I running You tell him I was flying Buddy tell him I was flying You know I don't want your Cold iron shackles Around my leg Around my leg I don't want Your corn bread and molasses Oh it hurts my pride Hey it hurts my pride He said roll it buddy He said roll it easy I said now I can't roll It don't let the wheel go I asked the captain I asked him for the time of the day The captain he got mad He throwed his watch away He said roll it buddy Didn't I say roll it easy How can I roll The wheel don't go Hey I asked the captain For the time of the day The captain he got mad Shot my buddy dead He said roll it buddy I know you heard me say roll it easy If you don't believe That my buddy's dead You take a look at that hole In my buddy's head He said roll roll on buddy Roll roll roll on easy Well I can't roll Oh the wheel don't go