Take This Hammer

I'm gonna take this hammer down to the Captain
Take this hammer down to the Captain
Take this hammer down to the Captain
Tell him I'm gone, boys, tell him I'm gone

I don't want your cold iron shackles
I don't want your cold iron shackles
I don't want your cold iron shackles
'Round my leg, boys, 'round my leg

If he asks you, was I runnin'
If he asks you, was I runnin'
If he asks you, was I runnin'
Tell him I'm flyin', boys, tell him I'm flyin'

If he asks you, was I laughin'
If he asks you, was I laughin'
If he asks you, was I laughin'
Tell him I'm cryin', boys, tell him I'm cryin'

I don't want your cornbread molasses
I don't want your cornbread molasses
I don't want your cornbread molasses
Hurt my pride, boys, hurt my pride

I'm gonna take this hammer down to the Captain
Take this hammer down to the Captain
Take this hammer down to the Captain
Tell him I'm gone, boys, tell him I'm gone