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Lost John - Woody Guthrie |
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Gonna tell you the story |
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About old Lost John |
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Lost John was a boy that got loose |
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From a chain gang down in Louisiana |
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About sixteen bloodhound, took in after him |
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Sheriffs, deputies |
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And everybody else in the county |
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Chasin him all across the swamp |
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Lost John outrun the bloodhounds there |
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All night long, it was long towards mornin |
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He looked up to the tree there |
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And seen the lights from a house |
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He didnt know whether the people inside |
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Was friends or were enemies |
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So he wanted to go up to the house |
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So, and asked if he could stay there |
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To get away from the bloodhounds |
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He was afraid if he did go up there |
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People might That the set their dogs |
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Barking at him or shoot him down |
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With a Winchester riffle |
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This is the story about Lost John |
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Old Lost John aint lost no more |
