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Walk on, boy |
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I was born one mornin' |
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Rain was pourin' down |
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I heard my mammy say to my pappy"Let's call him John Henry Brown" |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Walk on down the road |
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Ain't nobody in the whole wide world |
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Gonna help you carry your load |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Well, I left home one evenin' |
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Just about the age of ten |
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Got me a job way down on the levee |
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Totin' water to the hardworkin' men |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Walk on down the road |
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Ain't nobody in the whole wide world |
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Gonna help you carry your load |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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The rich man makes all the money |
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The poor man does all the work |
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While the rich man's livin' mighty high on a horse |
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Well, the poor boys are livin' on dirt |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Walk on down the road |
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Ain't nobody in the whole wide world |
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Gonna help you carry your load |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk) |
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My old pappy told me just one thing to do |
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You gotta find a good woman, be good to her |
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And she gonna be good to you |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Walk on down the road |
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Ain't nobody in the whole wide world |
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Gonna help you carry your load |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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I know y'all heard the story' |
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Bout the hammer that weighed nine pound |
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Well, the man that swung that hammer on the mountain |
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Was a fella named |
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John Henry |
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BrownWalk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Walk on down the road |
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Ain't nobody in the whole wide world |
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Gonna help you carry your load |
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Walk on, boy(Walk, walk, walk) |
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Just keep on walkin'(Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk) |
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Feet draggin', back achin',(Walk, walk, walk) |
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But keep on walkin' |
