Go Down Old Hannah

Lyrics

[Chorus] Go down, go down, old Hannah Woah Lord, don't you rise no more Go down, go down, Hannah Hannah, please don't rise no more If I don't see your face, I don't believe Poor Lightnin' gonna have to fool with that hoe [Verse 1] You know I use to have to take my hoe I used to have to walk a ton row I had to chip every little piece of grass That I see begin to grow And I got mad one morning Chopped everything I see Chopped at a man, I swear That man turned around and chopped me [Chorus] Go down, go down, Hannah Please don't rise no more I believe if you don't rise Poor Lightnin' won't have to fool with this hoe [Verse 2] You know I remember times I was walkin' a ton row And everybody you see on the shoulder They had a hoe But you know that there Meant you got to chop 'til the sun go down That's where you'll see everybody Choppin' cotton willow 'round [Verse 3] They say that if it wasn't for the sun, we couldn't see I said "No, let the sun go down And the moon shine on me" That's a light, it's lightin' ride I'd rather that time than to have it in the daytime Of course it's better at night I wouldn't have to chop no cotton Or neither pull no corn And then if a mule start runnin' away at the woods You could just say "go 'head on" [Chorus] Go down, old Hannah Oh Lord, don't rise no more Go down, go down, old Hannah No, don't you rise no more You know poor Lightnin' done got tired Walkin' a ton row with his hoe [Outro] You know my hand is sore from the hoe But I used to chop cotton on branches And all everywhere And they call it brazos But I was in one bottom on a dig I wasn't just exactly payin' attention But I was a second the bar Heh, and uh, I'm tellin' you Time is kind of hard to you