[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There ain't no more cane on the Brazos, oooooooh
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They ground it all up in molasses, oooooooh
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Captain, don't you do me like you done your poor Shine, oooooooh
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Well, they drove that poor Billy 'til he went stone blind, oooooooh
[Verse 2]
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You want to come on the river in 1904, oooooooh
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You could find many dead men almost every road, most every road
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And if you going on the river in 1910, oooooooh
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They was driving the women like they drive the men, oooooooh
[Verse 3]
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Why don't you rise up, you dead men, help me find my road, oooooooh
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Why don't you rise up, you dead men, help me drive my road, drive my road
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Well, there's some in the building and there's some in the yard, oooooooh
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There's some in the graveyard and there's some going home, going home
[Chorus]
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Why don't you wake up, you people and lift up your heads, oooooooh
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You may get your pardon but you may end up dead, oooooooh
[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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There ain't no more cane on the Brazos, oooooooh
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They ground it all up in molasses, oooooooh