A modern adaptation of Standin' On De Corner is Chain Gang Blues (different from the Balsam Range song above). Lyrics from Howard W. Odum and Guy B. Johnson's Negro Workday Songs:

CHAIN GANG BLUES

Standin' on the road side,
Waitin' for the ball an' chain.
Say, if I was not all shackled down
I'd ketch that wes' boun' train.

Standin' on the rock pile
Wid a hammer in my hand,
Lawd, standin' on rock pile,
Got to serve my cap'n down in no-man's land.

The judge he give me sentence
'Cause I wouldn' go to work.