I was born one morning,
rain was falling down
I heard my mammy
say to my pappy
Let's call this boy John Henry Brown
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
Walk on down that road,
ain't nobody in the whole wide world
gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
Well I left home one evening,
just about the age of ten
Got me a job on the levee,
a toad and water to the
hard workin' men
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
Walk on down the road
Ain't nobody in the
whole wide world
Gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
Rich man make all the money
Poor boy do all the work
Rich man live by high on the hog
But the poor won't live on the dirt
Walk on boy, walk on down the road
Ain't nobody in the
whole wide world
gonna help you carry your load
Walk on
Well, my old Pappy told me,
just one thing to do
Find a good woman,
be good to her,
she's gonna be good to you
Walk on, go on, walk, walk, walk,
walk on down the road
Ain't nobody in
the whole wide world
gonna help you carry your load
Walk on, go on, walk, walk, walk,
Now, you all heard the story
about the hammer that
weighed nine pounds
The cat that swung its way
up on the mountain
called the name of John Henry Brown
Walk on boy, walk on down the road
Ain't nobody in the
whole wide world
Can help you carry your load
Walk on boy, make a few tracks
Don't you look back, move it on out