Kingdom Come

Say brothers, have you seen the master with a mustache on his face
Go along the road sometime this morning
Like he's going to leave this place?
He's seen the smoke way up on the river where the Lincoln gunboats lay
He took his hat and left very sudden, I suspect he's running away
Oh the master run, ha ha! And we'll say, "Ho ho!"
It must be now that kingdom's coming in the year of Jubilee
He's six foot one way, two foot the other
And he weigh three hundred pounds
His coat's so big he couldn't pay the
Tailor and it won't go halfway round
He'd dress so much they call him captain and he get so dreadful tan
I suspect he'll try and fool them
Yankees for to thinking he's contraband
Oh the master run, ha ha! And we'll say, "Ho ho!"
It must be now that kingdom's coming in the year of Jubilee
Now folks feel so lonesome living in the log house on the lawn
They move their things into master's
Parlor for to keep it while he's gone
There's wine and cider in the kitchen and you and me'll have some
I suppose they'll try and confiscate it when the Lincoln soldiers come
Oh the master run, ha ha! And we'll say, "Ho ho!"
It must be now that kingdom's coming in the year of Jubilee
The overseer, he make us trouble and he drive us round a spell
So we lock him up in the smokehouse
Cellar with the key thrown down the well
The whip is lost, the handcuffs broken, but the master'll have his pay
And he's old enough, big enough, ought
To known better than to try and run away
Oh the master run, ha ha! And we'll say, "Ho ho!"
It must be now that kingdom's coming in the year of Jubilee