Walk On Boy

I was born one mornin',

The rain a-pourin' down,

Heard my mammy say to my pappy,

"Let's call him John Henry Brown."

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Walk on, boy; walk on down the road;

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

A-gonna help you carry your load.

I left my mammy and pappy

Just about the age of ten;

Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee

Totin' water for the hard workin' men.

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One day my pappy told me,

"Some advice I wanna give to you

Son, find a good woman, be good to her,

An' she's gonna be good to you."

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If anyone should ever ask you,

"Just who is that fella Brown?"

You can tell him I'm the boy

Who left his hammer smokin'

Where he beat that steam drill down.

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Walk on, boy; walk on down the road;

There ain't nobody in this whole wide world

A-gonna help you carry your load.

Walk on boy, walk on boy,

Walk on, boy.