Yeah you know it ain't but the one thing

You know this black man done was wrong

Yeah you know it ain't but the one thing

You know this black man done was wrong

Yes you know I moved my wife and family

Down on Mr Tim Moore's farm

Yeah you know Mr Tim Moore's a man

He don't never stand and grin

He just said

"Keep out of the graveyard

I'll save you from the pen"

You know soon in the morning

He'll give you scrambled eggs

Yes but he's liable to call you so soon

You'll catch a mule by his hind legs

Yes you know I got a telegram this morning

Boy it read it say "Your wife is dead"

I show it to Mr Moore he said

"Go ahead n****r you know you got to plow old Red"

That white man says

"It's been raining yes

And I'm way behind

I may let you bury that woman

One of these old dinner times"

I told him "No Mr Moore somebody's got to go"

He says "If you ain't able to plow Sam

Stay up there and grab your hoe"