DID YOU HEAR JOHN HURT?


It was a frosty night,
It was beginning to snow;
Down the city streets
The wind began to blow.
We all emptied the Cellar,
We all emptied the bar,
To hear a little brown feller
Play a shiny guitar.


Chorus

Did you hear John Hurt
Play his Creole Belle?
Spanish Fandango
That he loved so well?
Did you love John Hurt,
Did you shake his hand?
Did you hear him
Play his Candy Man?

On a straight-back chair
With his felt hat on,
He tickled our fancy
With his Avalon.


[And here my memory fails. I thought I had it all, but it's not coming. There should be a site for Tom Paxton lyrics, I would hope.]

Copyright ©1985 Tom Paxton