Ain't no more cane on the Brazos   Ooh, ooh, ooh   It's all been ground down to molasses   Ooh, ooh, ooh      You should've been on the river in nineteen and ten   Ooh, ooh, ooh   They were drivin' the women just like they drove the men   Ooh, ooh, ooh      Go down Old Hannah, don't you rise no more   Ooh, ooh, ooh   Don't you rise up 'til Judgment Day's for sure   Ooh, ooh, ooh      Ain't no more cane on the Brazos   Ooh, ooh, ooh   It's all been ground down to molasses   Oh, ooh, ooh      Captain, don't you do me like you done poor old Shine   Ooh, ooh, ooh   Well ya drove that bully 'til he went stone blind   Ooh, ooh, ooh      Wake up on a lifetime, hold up your own head   Ooh, ooh, ooh   Well, you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead   Ooh, ooh, ooh      Ain't no more cane on the Brazos   Ooh, ooh, ooh   It's all been ground down to molasses   Ooh, ooh, ooh