[Verse 1]
Ain't no more cane on this Brazos, my boy
Oh, oh, oh
Well, we done ground it all to molasses
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
When I came down here, had a number for my name
Oh, oh, oh
Well, they chained us together, and we started cuttin' cane
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 3]
I wish you was here in nineteen and ten
Oh, oh, oh (Well, they was)
They was drivin' the women just like they was men
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 4]
And I wish you was here when the storm winds came
Oh, oh, oh
Left a man lyin' dead, and we cut him off the chain
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 5]
If I had a sentence like ninety-nine and nine
Oh, oh, oh (There ain't no)
Ain't no dogs on this Brazos could keep me on that line
Oh, oh, oh
[Verse 6]
Well, Alberta, why don't you let your hair hang down?
Oh, oh, oh
Let it hang right down, 'til it touches the ground
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 7]
Why don't you go down, ol' Hannah, don't you rise up no more?
Oh, oh, oh
Well, they worked me so hard that I can't work no more
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 8]
Ain't no more cane on this Brazos, my boy
Oh, oh, oh
Well, we done ground it all to molasses
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh