Darkness hangin' in the sky in the morn Moonlight dyin' as the sun is reborn Crops are swayin' in an island of green Hemp and teth and corn in between Cut her low Swing her 'round Iron wire tightly bound Thresh the teff by the morning lark Lie in her arms in the still of dark Laddie, are you workin'? Sunlight shinin' on the heart of the land Crops are bendin' to the part nature planned Who'd be thinkin' that they'd end from that start Cut and ripped and shredded apart? Cut her low Swing her 'round Iron wire tightly bound Thresh the teff by the morning lark Lie in her arms in the still of dark Laddie, are you workin'? Stormclouds gather as the hands to the field Raindrops scatter as the land's made to yield Body's separate from its fine, golden head Stalk and sheath and chafe for a bed Cut her low Swing her 'round Iron wire tightly bound Thresh the teff by the morning lark Lie in her arms in the still of dark Laddie, are you workin'? Stars are twinklin' and the moon's risin' high Dark is waitin' for the sunlight to die Memories harken to the Emerald Isle Sing and sleep and dream for a while Cut her low Swing her 'round Iron wire tightly bound Thresh the teff by the morning lark Lie in her arms in the still of dark Laddie, are you workin'? Cut us low Swing us 'round Iron shackles tightly bound Thrash your soul by the morning lark Lie with your dreams in the dead of dark Laddie, are you workin'?