Walk On Boy (Vanguard Version)

Walk on, boy

I was born one mornin'

Rain was pourin' down

I heard my mammy say to my pappy"Let's call him John Henry Brown"

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in the whole wide world

Gonna help you carry your load

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Well, I left home one evenin'

Just about the age of ten

Got me a job way down on the levee

Totin' water to the hardworkin' men

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in the whole wide world

Gonna help you carry your load

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

The rich man makes all the money

The poor man does all the work

While the rich man's livin' mighty high on a horse

Well, the poor boys are livin' on dirt

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in the whole wide world

Gonna help you carry your load

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk)

My old pappy told me just one thing to do

You gotta find a good woman, be good to her

And she gonna be good to you

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in the whole wide world

Gonna help you carry your load

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

I know y'all heard the story'

Bout the hammer that weighed nine pound

Well, the man that swung that hammer on the mountain

Was a fella named

John Henry

BrownWalk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in the whole wide world

Gonna help you carry your load

Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk)

Just keep on walkin'(Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk)

Feet draggin', back achin',(Walk, walk, walk)

But keep on walkin'