text: 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 its 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