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Thread #88553   Message #1750408
Posted By: Azizi
31-May-06 - 12:12 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Looky, Looky, Yonder (Leadbelly)
Subject: Lyr Add: ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE
By the way, the phrase "done gone" conjures up this song:

Another Man Done Gone
(Traditional Alabama chain gang song)

Verse 1:
                F#m
Another man done gone
                E
Another man done gone
                F#m
Another man done gone
                B
From the country farm
                F#m
Another man done gone.

Verse 2:
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

Verse 3:
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
They did him just the same
Another man done gone.

Verse 4:
He killed another man
He killed another man
He killed another man
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

Verse 5:
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
From the country farm
Another man done gone.

JB adds:
They sick the dogs on him
They sick the dogs on him
They sick the dogs on him
Torn limb from limb
Another man done gone.

Everyday Companion: Another Man Done Gone

I'm not sure who's "JB"; maybe R&B singer James Brown?... Naw {?}

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Here's Harry Belafonte's slightly different version:
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
An´unaccounted for
Another man done gone
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
De capt´n don´t know where
De capt´n don´t know where
De capt´n don´t know where
Another man done gone

http://www.lyricsdownload.com/harry-belafone-another-man-done-gone-lyrics.html