No More Cane on the Brazos Odetta

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Mmm, mmm
They done ground it all in molasses
Ooh, ooh

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
Mmm, mmm
They done ground it all in molasses
Ooh, ooh