You take this hammer, take it to the captain
Hey, take this hammer, take it to the captain
Take this hammer, take it to the captain
You can tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone

'Cause I ain't gonna take no more kicks and whippings
No, I ain't gonna take no kicks and whipping
I ain't gonna take no more, no more of his kicks and his whippings
You can tell him I'm gone, gone, gone
You can tell him I'm gone

Captain call me a hardheaded devil
Well, the captain call me a hardheaded devil
Well, the captain call me, you hardheaded devil
And that ain't my name, that ain't my name

Well, the captain got a big gun, about a .99 caliber
Woo, captain got a big gun, about a .99 caliber
Well, the captain got a big gun, about a .99 caliber
He gonna shoot me down if he ever catches me
Gonna shoot me down

But you tell him that I went where the great goose goes
Tell him that I'm gone where the great goose goes
Tell him I'm gone where the great goose goes
Tell him I'm gone, but tell him I'm gone, just tell him I'm gone
Take this hammer, take it to the captain
Take this hammer, take it to the captain
Take this hammer, take it to the captain