I think this song and PO' BOY are sung to the same tune, though the words may be significantly different.


POOR BOY LONG WAYS FROM HOME
As sung by Bukka White on "The Sonet Blues Story" (2006)

Poor boy long way from home,
Poor boy long way from home,
Poor boy long way from home,
I don't have no happy home to go.

When I left my home, my baby said moan(?) [or "sat and moaned"? or –?]
When I left my home, my baby said moan(?)
When I left my home, my baby said moan(?)
She want to know, daddy, when you comin' back home?

They got me down here on the farm.
Got me down here on the farm.
I don't have no one to come and go my bail.
Baby, I want to come back home to you.

Sorry, babe, I can't call you over the phone.
Sorry I can't call you over the phone
'Cause they got me down here on this little farm,
And I can't call you, baby, over the phone.