[Verse 1] I was just a kid roaming around Traveling through, a little old town A man walked up and said come with me You are broke and son thats vagrancy A carefree lad that love to roam But Lord I wish Id stayed at home The way it looks Ill probably hang Because there is no hope on a chain gang [Chorus] I dig that ditch, I chop that corn I curse the day that I was born I believe its better for a man to hang Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [Verse 2] The guard stands there with a great big gun I bet hed love to see me run And I guess, I probably will some day Id rather be dead than to live this way Hes well fed and hes six foot tall And hes a meanest of them all He cracks that whip and he swings that cane That sun mustve touched his brain [Chorus] [Verse 3] I got a gal back home thats sweet and kind But shes been waiting a long, long time I just told her to forget my name I wont ever live down the shame Lord, deliver me from this hole Before I lose my mind and soul The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke There is no because to laugh and joke [Chorus]
gang, he, chain, vagrancy, probably