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Artist: Lester Flatt And Earl Scuggs
Canonical path: /lester-flatt-and-earl-scuggs/take-this-hammer
Related lyric paths: 6
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Take This Hammer
Read Take This Hammer lyrics by Lester Flatt And Earl Scuggs on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Take This Hammer
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Take this hammer, carry it to the captain
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain
Tell him I'm a-gone, just tell him I'm a gone
If he asks you, was I running
If he asks you, was I running
If he asks you, was I running
Tell him I was flying, tell him I was flying
I don't want your old darn shackles
I don't want your old darn shackles
I don't want your old darn shackles
It hurts my leg, hurts my leg
I don't want no greenback dollar
I don't want no greenback dollar
I don't want no greenback dollar
It hurts my pride, hurts my pride
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Lester Flatt And Earl Scuggs performs "Take This Hammer", and this lyric page sits inside the Lester Flatt And Earl Scuggs catalog on LyroVerse.
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