there ain't no more cane on    this brazos   they done ground it all in molasses      you should have been on the river   in nineteen and four   you could have found a dead man   at every turn row      you should have been on the river   in nineteen and ten   they were rolling the women like   they were driving the men      now captain don't do me like   you done poor shine      you done worked that bully   'til he been stone blind      rise up dead man help me drive   my row   rise up dead man help me drive   my row      there's some on the building and    there's some on the farm   and there's some in the graveyard   and there's some going home      because there ain't no more cane   on this brazos   they done ground it all in molasses