CAP'N, I GOT A HOME IN OKLAHOMA

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.)