Walk On Boy

I was born one mornin'

The rain a-pourin' down

Heard my mammy say to my pappy

"Let's call him John Henry Brown"

Walk on, boy

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

A-gonna help you carry your load

I left my mammy and pappy

At just about the age of ten

Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee

Totin' water for the hard workin' men

Walk on, boy

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

A-gonna help you carry your load

One day my pappy told me

"Some advice I wanna give to you

Son, find a good woman, be good to her

An' she's gonna be good to you"

Walk on, boy

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

A-gonna help you carry your load

If anyone should ever ask you

"Just who is that fella Brown?"

You can tell him I'm the boy that left his hammer smokin'

Where he beat that steam drill down

Walk on, boy

Walk on down the road

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

A-gonna help you carry your load

Walk on, boy, walk on, boy

Walk on, boy