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Thread #54642 Message #847175
Posted By: Richie
14-Dec-02 - 01:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Long John / Lost John
Subject: Lyr Add: LOST JOHN, HE'S GONE (from Roy Acuff)
Lyr. Add: LOST JOHN, HE'S GONE
Lost John was just a little bitty boy,
Hopped on a freight in the state of Illinois,
Headed out from Chicago town.
He didn't know he's Alabama bound.
He's gone.
Lost John knew from the whistle he's free,
Ridin' the Pan-American down to New Orleans.
Rode the Big Four as she traveled west.
Hobo's life is what he loved the best.
He's gone.
Lost John sittin' on a railroad tie,
Waitin' for a freight train to come by.
Freight train passed. It didn't stop.
You oughta seen Lost John gettin' on top.
He's gone.
Lost John said just before he died,
Two more roads that he wanted to ride.
Foreman says, "I think I know:
Southern Pacific and the B & O."
He's gone.
Lost John went to a burlesque show.
Started to seat on the very front row.
Girls come out to do their dance.
They carried John home in an ambulance.
He's gone.
Notes: Roy Acuff Hickory 45-1149 "Lost John, He's Gone" - July, 1961
Any other 'Long/Lost John' versions?