Walk On, Boy

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Well, I was born one morning,

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Rain come a-pouring down.

Dm Gm

I heard my Mammy say to my Pappy,

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"Let's call him John Henry Brown."

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Walk on, Boy!

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Walk on down the road.

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There ain't nobody in this whole wide world

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Gonna help you carry your load.

One day my Pappy gave me

Some advice I'd like to give to you.

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

And she'll always be good to you."

Walk on, Boy...

Now. I left my Mammy and Pappy

Along about the age of ten.

Got me a job, working on the railroad,

Toting water for the hard-working men.

Walk on, Boy...

If anyone should ever ask you,

"Just who is this feller Brown?"

You can tell him I'm the boy left his hammer a-smoking,

When I beat that old steam drill down.

Walk on Boy...