Let's call this boy John Henry Brown
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
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,
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
Gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy, walk, walk, walk
Rich man make all the money
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
gonna help you carry your load
Well, my old Pappy told me,
she's gonna be good to you
Walk on, go on, walk, walk, walk,
gonna help you carry your load
Walk on, go on, walk, walk, walk,
Now, you all heard the story
The cat that swung its way
called the name of John Henry Brown
Walk on boy, walk on down the road
Can help you carry your load
Walk on boy, make a few tracks
Don't you look back, move it on out