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Negro Gang Songs
2   Take this hammer, (huh!) carry it to the captain, (huh!) Take this hammer, (huh!) carry it to the captain, (huh!) Take this hammer, (huh!) carry it to the captain, (huh!) Tell him Pm gone, tell him I'm gone, (huh!)
3   If he ask you (huh!) was I runnin5, (huh!) Tell him Ps flyin', tell him Ps flyin'. (huh!)
4  If he ask you (huh!) was I laughin', (huh!) Tell him Ps cryin', tell him Ps cryin'. (huh!)
5   Cap'n called me, (huh!) called me "a nappy-headed devil," (huh!) That ain't my name, that ain't my name, (huh!)
6   I don't want no (huh!) peas, cornbread, neither molasses, (huh!) They hurt my pride, they hurt my pride, (huh!)
7   I don't want no (huh!) cold iron shackles (huh!) Around my leg, around my leg. (huh!)
8   Cap'n got a big gun, (huh!) an' he try to play bad. (huh!) Go'n' take it in the mornin' if he make me mad. (huh!)
9   Pm go'n' make these (huh!) few days I started, (huh!) Then Pm goin' home, then Pm goin' home, (huh!)
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