Work Song

Nat Adderley / Oscar Brown, Jr.

Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Because they done convicted me of crime
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

I commited crime lord I needed
Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?)
When they caught me robbing his store
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

I heard the judge say, "Five years"
On chain-gang you gonna go
I heard the judge say five years labor
I heard my old man scream, "Lordy, no!"
Hold it right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

Gonna see my sweet honey bee
Gonna break this chain off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere shady
Lord I sure am hot in the sun
Hold it right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Workin' and workin'
Been
Workin' and slavin'
An'
Workin' and workin'
But I still got so terribly far to go

Curiosità sulla canzone Work Song di Nina Simone

In quali album è stata rilasciata la canzone “Work Song” di Nina Simone?
Nina Simone ha rilasciato la canzone negli album “Forbidden Fruit” nel 1961, “Wild is the Wind / High Priestess of Soul” nel 1990, “The Best of: the Colpix Years” nel 1992, “Jazz Masters 17” nel 1994, “Finest Hour” nel 2000, “The Essential” nel 2003, “An Eclectic Collection” nel 2003, “You Can Have Him” nel 2003, “O Melhor de Nina Simone” nel 2003, e “High Priestess of Soul” nel 2006.
Chi ha composto la canzone “Work Song” di di Nina Simone?
La canzone “Work Song” di di Nina Simone è stata composta da Nat Adderley e Oscar Brown, Jr..

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