| Lyrics: | Traditional)
Ha!
This here's a story about Lost John
Lost John done flew the
coop!
Hee!
How many long gone?
Lost John standin' by the railroad
track
Waitin' for the freight train to come back
Freight train came back and never made no
stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride on top
Well he's long, long, long gone
(woo-yeah)
And he's long, long, long gone
Yeah, lost John came into the country
woman's house
Sat down it was quiet, just as quiet as a mouse
She said, Now Mister Lost
John, be my friend,
Be my friend up until the end.
'Cause he's long, long, long gone
(what I'm talkin' 'bout)
Now that he's long, long, long gone
(Yeah came into the country
woman's house)
Lost John came into a country woman's house
Sat there as quiet, quiet
as a mouse
Said, Mister Lost John be my friend,
Be my friend until the
end.
Well, I'm long, long, long gone
Well, I'm long, long, long
gone
Yeah, she said, Lost John don't you have no fear,
I'm sending for the porter,
gonna buy some beer.
He said, Now woman don't you buy no beer,
The company's on my trail
and-a soon be here
'Cause I'm long, long, long gone
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah)
Well he's long, long, long gone
(Make it a pair of shoes instead)
Well
they caught Lost John
Put 'em in the pen
Cell break went down
And now he's out
again
If anybody asks you
Who sung this song
Tell 'em Lonnie Donegan
Been
'ere and gone
Well he's long, long, long gone (ooone)
Well he's long, long, long
gone (one more time)
Well he's long, long, long gone
(He goin', he goin')
Well
he's long, long, long gone.
(Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba).
[Talking part ending leads
into Goin' Home]:
Thankyou! thankyou! (oh yeah Mike - yea). Thankyou very much. Now we
like to have a surprise for you tonight, and bring on a friend of mine from way back, Dr John.
(wooooo) Yeah. We're gonna do this a, we're gonna do this song that was written by a, way back aways
a British trumpet player/guitarist (ha ha ha ha ha) Ken Colyer (yeah that's the man). Goes like
this... one, okay, one...
[leads into Goin' Home]
(Transcribed by ear; corrections
requested and welcomed! |
