Lyrics:

Well now, I've been seven long years, working on the hard rock pile
I've been seven long years, working on the hard rock pile
And if I get to San Francisco, you'll see me wearing a smile

Oh, come-on now, sing children sing, sing with all your might
You were born to be free, but I'm stuck right here
I've been seven long years working on the hard rock pile

I get up every morning, just about the break of day
Ah, don't you know now, I get up every morning, just about the break of day
Well, I pick up my shovel, work my life away

Oh, come-on now, sing children sing, sign with all your might
You were born to be free, but I'm stuck right here
I've been seven long years working on the hard rock pile

I wanna go back home, see my wife and children again
Ah, don't you know, I wanna go back home, see my wife and children again
But I just have to stay here, like all the other men

One more time now, sing children sing, sing with all your might
You were born to be free, but I'm stuck right here
I've been seven long years working on the hard rock pile
I've been seven long years working on the hard rock pile
I've been seven long years working on the hard rock pile