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2596 B2
Cap'n, I got a home in Oklahoma, Cap'n, I got a home in Oklahoma,
Well, well, well.
Cap'n, I sho' wanta see my Mamma, Cap'n, jes' one more time.
Cap'n, I sho' wanta see Black Alma, (Well, well), Cap'n, I can't go home.
Cap'n, I sho' wanta see Black Alma, (Oh, Lawdy), Cap'n, I can't go home.
Cap'n, I b'lieve I'll write my Mama one more letter, (Well, well, well)
Tell her to pray for me. (Lawd, have mercy)
Cap'n, I b'lieve I'll write my Mama one more letter, (Well, well, well)
Will you please pray for me?
Cap'n, it's all black an' cloudy —
But it ain't goin' rain.
Sung by Tommy Woods and group of Negro convicts, Clemens state farm, Brazoria, Texas, April 16, 1939.