Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll   Bossman bossman my hands're cold (shut up boy and make the waterwheel roll)   Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll   Grind that corn and make that meal the bossman's belly just gotta be filled   Grind that corn and make that bread the bossman's young un's all gotta be fed   Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll   Bossman bossman he sure is mean thinks of my body as a steam machine   Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll      Ole Willie John don't work too hard cause he's got a woman in the rich man's yard   I wanna run away but I'd be found cause the bossman's got two big blood hounds   Make the waterwheel roll...      Feel that rhythm in my soul sing my song while the waterwheel rolls   Workin' all day in the cold cold rain I wish my Lord would call my name   Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll   Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll   Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll