From the recording Got the Blues
Lyrics
Take This Hammer Huddy Ledbetter and Harry Manx
Intro Don then Don + Brent
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Get my money, gonna get my pay
Take this hammer, take it to the captain
Take this hammer, take it to the captain
Take this hammer, take it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, ain’t I gone
If he asks you was I runnin'
Oh if he asks you was I runnin'
If he asks you oh was I runnin'
Tell him I was flyin' lord I was flyin.
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Get my money, gonna get my pay
Guitar break 2 verses
And if he asks you was I laughin'
Oh if he asks you, was I laughin'
If he asks you oh, was I laughin'
Tell him I was cryin' I was cryin’
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Working on a railroad, dollar a day
Get my money, gonna get my pay
Get my money, gonna get my pay
Get my money, gonna get my pay
Who oh oh yeah