walk on boy

i was born one mornin', the rain came pourin' down, well i heard my mama say to my papa, "let's call him john henry brown", walk on boy, walk on down the road, well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world who's gonna help you carry your load, well i left my mom and papa, just about the age of ten, and i got me a job workin' on the levee totin' water for the hard-workin' men, walk on boy, walk on down the road, well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world a-gonna help you carry your load, well one day my papa he told me, "some advice i'd like to give to you: "son, find you a woman, be good to her, and she's gonna be good to you", walk on boy, walk on down the road, well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world that's gonna help you carry your load, if anyone should ever ask you, "who is that fella 'brown'?", well you can tell 'em i'm the fella that left my hammer smokin' where i beat that ol' steam drill down, walk on boy, walk on down the road, well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world that's gonna help you carry your load, walk on boy, walk on down the road, well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world that's gonna help you carry your load