"Walk On Boy" lyrics

I was born one mornin'
The rain a-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
A-gonna help you carry your load

One day my pappy told me
"Some advice I'd like to 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
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world
A-gonna help you carry your load

I left my mammy and pappy
Just about the age of ten
Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee
Totin' water for the hard workin' men

Walk on, boy; walk on down the road
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
A-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 old steam drill down

Walk on, boy; walk on down the road
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
A-gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy