I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family, with my poor family I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah And I was born before the Ara wok Indians Trying creation, before this nation I always remember, I can't forget, wo, wo, wo I was walking on the shore when they took me in the ship And they throw me overboard And I swung right out of the belly of the whale And I never get weary yet They put me in jail and I did not do no wrong And I never get weary yet Say they put me in jail and I didn't get no bail And I never get weary yet, never get weary yet I know, I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah And I was born before the Ara wok Indians Trying creation, before this nation I always remember, which I can't forget, oh, yeah I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family, with my poor family Yes, I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah And I was born before the Ara wok Indians Trying creation, before this nation I always remember, I can't forget, wo Oh, I never get weary Well, I never get weary