Walk On Boy        Doc Watson

(Verse 1)
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I was born one mornin',
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The rain a-pourin' down,
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Heard my mammy say to my pappy,
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"Let's call him John Henry Brown." Walk on boy.
 
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Walk on down the road
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Ain't nobody in this whole wide world
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A-gonna help you carry your load.
 
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I left my mammy and pappy
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Just about the age of ten
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Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee
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Totin' water for the hard workin' men. Walk on boy.
 
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Walk on down the road
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Ain't nobody in this whole wide world
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A-gonna help you carry your load.
 
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One day my pappy told me,
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"Some advice I wanna give to you
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Son, find a good woman, be good to her,
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An' she's gonna be good to you."
 
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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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A-gonna help you carry your load.
 
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If anyone ever should  ask you,
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"Just who is that fella Brown?"
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You can tell him I'm the boy who left his hammer smokin'
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Where he beat that steam drill down. Walk on, boy
 
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Bm      Bm/A     F#7
Walk on down the road
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There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
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A-gonna help you carry your load.
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Walk on boy, walk on boy, walk on, boy.

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