No More Cane on the Brazos (1959) - Odetta

Ain’t no more cane on the Brazos

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They done ground it all in molasses

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Go down, old Hannah, don’t you rise no more

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If you rise, it’ll bring a judgement sure

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If I had a sentence like ninety-nine years

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All of the dogs on the Brazos wouldn’t keep me here

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Shoulda been here in nineteen and ten

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Drivin' the women just like the men

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Should been here in nineteen and four

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You could find a dead body in every row

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Ain’t no more cane on this Brazos

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They done ground it all in molasses

Ooh, ooh