Lyr. Add: LOST JOHN

Lost John, lost John, lost John.
Lost John, lost John, lost John.

Lost John, lost John, lost john.
Help me to look for lost John.

Lost John done gone away,
Help me to look for lost John.Still I ain't bother yet,
Still I ain't bother none.

Sun is goin' down,
Sun is goin' down.

I goin' 'way some day,
Yes, I goin' 'way some day.

I'm goin' 'way to stay,
Still I'm goin' 'way to stay.

Come an' go with me,
O yes! come an' go with me.

I got a honey here,
Yes, I got a honey here.

Goin' away to leave you,
Well, I goin' 'way to leave you.

Negro dance song, from "The Negro and His Songs," p. 227, Odum and Johnson, 1925 (reprinted by Negro Universities Press). Collector and locality not stated.