Joan Baez - Told My Captain Lyrics

Lyrics Told My Captain - Joan Baez



(Traditional)
My hands were cold.
God damn your hands, boy,
Let the wheelin′ roll!
My feet were cold.
God damn your feet, boy,
Let the wheelin' roll!
Captain, captain
You must be blin′
Look at your watch
It's past quittin' time.
Captain, captain
How can it be,
Whistle done blow
You still workin′ me?
Asked my captain
To give me my time
Dam′ old captain
Wouldn't pay me no mind.
If I′d-a had my
Weight in lime
Would've whupped that captain
Till he went stone blind.
Raised my hand
To wipe the sweat from my head
Damned old captain
Shot my buddy dead.
If you don′t believe
That my buddy's dead
Just look at the hole
In my buddy′s head.
Captain walkin' up and down
Buddy's lyin′ on the burning ground.
Buzzards circling ′round the sky
Buzzards sure know
Captain's gonna die



Writer(s): Joan Baez


Joan Baez - The Definitive Joan Baez
Album The Definitive Joan Baez
date of release
05-04-2012

1 All My Trials
2 Matty Groves (Live)
3 House of the Rising Sun
4 Plaisir D'amour
5 Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You (Live)
6 I Gave My Love a Cherry
7 Kumbaya (Live)
8 Wildwood Flower
9 Geordie (Live)
10 Copper Kettle (Live)
11 Once I Knew a Pretty Girl
12 Mary Hamilton
13 Scarlet Ribbons
14 What Have They Done To The Rain - Live
15 Silver Dagger
16 Black Is The Colour (live)
17 The Cherry Tree Carol
18 Danger Waters (Live)
19 Gospel Ship (Live)
20 The House Carpenter (live)
21 Pretty Boy Floyd (Live)
22 Lady Mary (Live)
23 Ate Amanha (Live)
24 East Virginia
25 Fare Thee Well
26 Donna Donna
27 John Riley
28 Rake And Rambling Boy
29 Little Moses
30 Henry Martin
31 El Preso Numero Nueve
32 Wagoner's Lad
33 The Trees They Do Grow High
34 The Lily of the West
35 Silkie
36 Lonesome Road
37 Pal of Mine
38 Barbara Allen
39 Old Blue
40 Railroad Boy
41 Island In the Sun
42 Water Boy
43 Annie Had a Baby
44 Oh Freedom
45 Man Smart, Woman Smarter
46 Dark As a Dungeon
47 Told My Captain




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