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Thread #54642 Message #2794191
Posted By: GUEST,BanjoRay
22-Dec-09 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Long John / Lost John
Subject: Lyr Add: LOST JOHN (Burnett & Rutherford)
Here's the best I can make of the Burnett & Rutherford recording from the twenties (which has gorgeous fiddling)
Funniest thing I ever seen
Lost John going through Bowling Green
No hat on his head no shoes on his feet
Beggin away(?) for fresh meat
He's gone gone
He's long gone
Lost John sitting on the railroad track
Waitin' for the freight train to come back
Freight train come never made no stop
you oughta seen Lost John sittin'(?) on top
He's long gone (x2)
Ray
Had an old dog and his name was Will
Run Lost John to the top of the hill
He ain't caught Lost John he never will
He's long gone (x2)
He outrun a xxxxx left his home
he outrun a message on the telephone
xxxxx a-skippin' and a -flyin'
The message girl said she xxxxx hold the line
long gone(x2)