Walk On Boy

I was born one mornin'
 The rain is 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 are gonna help you carry your load
 I left my mammy and pappy
 Just about the age of ten
 Lord, I got me job a workin' on the levee
 Toting water for the hard working men
 Walk on, boy
 Walk on down the road
 Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
 One day my pappy told me
 "Some advice I wanna give to you
 Son, find a good woman, be good to her
 And she's gonna be good to you"
 Walk on boy
 Walk on down the road
 There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
 If anyone ever should ask you
 "Just who is that fella Brown?"
 You can tell him I'm the boy that left his hammer smokin'
 Where he beat that steam drill down
 Walk on boy
 Walk on down the road
 There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
 Walk on boy
 Walk on boy
 Walk on boy