Take this hammer take it to the captain,
take this hammer take it to the captain.
Take this hammer take it to the captain,
tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone.
If he asks you was I running,
if he asks you was I running.
If he asks you was I running,
tell him I's flying, tell him I's flying.
Tell the captain I was headed for the river,
tell the captain I was headed for the river.
Tell the captain I was headed for the river,
tell him I swim, tell him I swim.
When that steamboat comes down the river,
when that steamboat comes down the river.
When that steamboat comes down the river,
I'm a gonna swim, when it comes by.
Twenty-five miles in Mississippi,
twenty-five miles in Mississippi.
Twenty-five miles in Mississippi,
tell him I'm gone gone gone, tell him I'm gone.
Take this hammer take it to the captain,
take this hammer take it to the captain.
Take this hammer take it to the captain,
tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone.
T & M: Traditionel sort amerikansk