Gun Club: "Field Holler" (from the "Birth The Death The Ghost" album)
[written by Huddie Ledbetter a.k.a. Leadbelly]
solo vocals:
I don't want no cornbread and
molasses
I don't want no cornbread and molasses
and
it hurts my pride, it hurts my pride, waoh
Now take some hammer, take it to the captain take some hammer and take it to the captain tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone
If he ask you if I'm laughin'
if he ask you if I'm laughin'
tell him I'm cryin', tell him I'm cryin'
note: the former song "Field Holler" is a different hummed melody of two verses going
"mhh..." and "ahh...". JLP used for his solo vocal version the lyrics and melody of the
song "Take This Hammer".
This is how to play Leadbelly’s version, there are others published as a traditional as
well as by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.
A E
Take this hammer, waoh, and carry to the captain, waoh
A
take this hammer, waoh, and carry to the captain, waoh
D E A
take this hammer, waoh, and carry to the captain, waoh
A
you tell him I'm gone, waoh, you tell him I'm gone, waoh
If he ask you, waoh, was I runnin', waoh
if he ask you, waoh, was I runnin', waoh
if he ask you, waoh, was I runnin', waoh
you tell him I was flyin', waoh, you tell him I was flyin', waoh
If he ask you, waoh, was I laughin', waoh
if he ask you, waoh, was I laughin', waoh
if he ask you, waoh, was I laughin', waoh
you tell him I was cryin', waoh, you tell him I was cryin', waoh
Well, I don't want none, waoh, cornbread and molasses, waoh
well, I don't want none, waoh, cornbread and molasses, waoh
well, I don't want none, waoh, cornbread and molasses, waoh
it hurts my pride, waoh, it hurts my pride, waoh
Take this hammer, waoh, and carry to the captain, waoh
take this hammer, waoh, and carry to the captain, waoh
take this hammer, waoh, and carry to the captain, waoh
you tell him I'm gone, waoh, you tell him I'm gone, waoh