Another version via the Lomax recordings.....

Lightning- Long John

Well it's Long John, He's long gone,
It’s Long John, He's long gone,

Well if I hadn't listened, What the road they say,
I could been at home, And a rode this day,
Well if I wasn't listen' , Got to runnin' around,
First thing I know, I was jail house bound,
Well I got in jail, With my mouth poked out,
Well now I'm in the pen, and I can't get out,
It's Long John, He's long gone,
It's Long John, Oh, Long John,

Well it's on me, Here's a pair of shoes,
Was a funny shoes, That was ever seen,
Had a heel in front, Had a heel behind,
Well it's gettin' nowhere, That the boy was blind,
It's Long John, He's long gone,
He's Long John, Oh, Long John,

Well in 2 or 3 minutes, Let me catch my way,
And in 2, 3 minutes, I'm gone again,
Oh, Long John, Oh, Long John,
Gonna call this summer, Ain't gonna call no more,
If I call next summer, He's on the move,
He's long gone, He's long gone,
It's Long John, He's long gone,

Well the god say, In the chapter 14,
If the man live, Let his sin be free,
Well Long John, He's long gone,
Like a turkey through the corn, Through the long corn,
Well it's Long John, Had a mother like god,
Well it's Long John, Well it's tender foot John,
With his long clothes on, Just a skippin' through the corn,
Oh, long john, Was long gone,
He's long gone, He's long gone, ...

Well did you boys here What the captain said
After you boys work Gonna treat you pretty well
Well if you don't work gonna give you plenty hell
Oh, long gone It's long john Oh, long gone it's long john

Tim Radford

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