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
Instrumental
verse 2
I left my mammy and pappy
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
Instrumental
verse 3
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
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
Instrumental
verse 4
If anyone ever should ask you,
"Just who is that fella Brown?"
You can tell him I'm the boy who left his hammer smokin'
Where he beat that steam drill down. Walk on, boy
Outro
Walk on down the road
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
Walk on boy, walk on boy, walk on, boy.