If it this one.
It's a double axe cutting prison work song called
"Early In the Morning", I believe it's sometimes also called "Ro-Berta".
Can be found on Rounder's 'Lomax Collection' Vol. #1, "Prison Songs-Murderous Home"

Early in the Morning

Well it's early in the morn, in the morn, Baby when I rise, Lordy, mama
Well it's early in the morn a-baby, honey when I rise, sugar
Well-a it's early in the morin the morn, baby, baby when I rise, lordy mama
well it's early in the morn baby, baby when I rise now sugar
When I rise in the mornin, baby, well it's about 5

Chorus: Well-a, it's-a Lordy, Ro-Lordy-Berta
Well it's, Lord (you keep a talkin) babe
Well it's, Lord, Ro-Lordy-Berta
Well,it's o Lord, gal, well-a

It takes rocks and gravel, well-a
To make a mighty fine road, lordy mama
It take rocks and gravel, honey, make a mighty fine road, well-a
It take rocks and gravel, sugar, make a mighty fine road, lordy mama
It take a good looking woman, baby, make a mighty fine whore
Well-a mighty fine whore, honey, well-a mighty fine now sugar
It take a good looking woman, baby, make a mighty fine whore

The peckerwood's a pecking on the, on the schoolhouse door sugar
Well the peckerwood a-pecking on the, on the schoolhouse door
Well-a well the peckerwood a-pecking on the schoolhouse door, sugar,
Well he pecks so hard lordy baby, til his pecker got sore
Well-a till his pecker got sore, sugar,
Well he peck so hard lordy, baby til his pecker got sore.

Well-a who-so-ever told it, that he told a dirty lie, baby
Well who-so-ever told it, told a, told a dirty lie
Well who-so-ever told it, told a, told a dirty lie now sugar
Well the egale on a dollar, quarter, he gonna rise and fly
He gonna rise & fly now baby, he gonna rise & fly now sugar
Well the egale on a dollar, quarter, he gonna rise and fly

Well I ain't been to Georga, baby but-a I've been told, well-a
Well I ain't been to Georga, honey but-a I've been told, well-a
Well I ain't been to Georga, sugar but-a I've been told, baby
Women in a-Georga baby got a sweet jelly roll.

This is sometimes sung without the chorus.

I could be off a bit, I'm ding this from memory.

Lomax got this in the 1947-48 on the Parchman prison farm, Mississippi.

Good singing
Barry