Old Coat

Take off your old coat

And roll up your sleeves

Life is a hard road to travel,

I believe

I look to the east,

I look to the west

A youth asking fate to be rewardin'

But fortune is a blind god,

Flying through the clouds

And forgettin' me

On this side of Jordan

Take off your old coat

And roll up your sleeves

Life is a hard road to travel,

I believe

Silver spoons to some mouths,

Golden spoons to others

Dare a man to change the given order

Though they smile and tell us,

"All of us are brothers"

Never was it true this side of Jordan

Take off your old coat

And roll up your sleeves

Life is a hard road to travel,

I believe

Like some ragged owlet

With it's wings expanded

Nailed to some garden gate or boardin'

Thus will I by some men

All my life be branded

Never hurted none this side of Jordan

Take off your old coat

And roll up your sleeves

Life is a hard road to travel,

I believe