Jack White - Did You Hear John Hurt? Lyrics

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"Did You Hear John Hurt?"
(originally by Tom Paxton)

It was a frosty night
It was beginnin' to snow
And down a city street
Well, the wind began to blow
We all came to the cellar
We all emptied the bar
To hear a little fellow
Play a shiny guitar

Well, did you hear John Hurt
Play his Creole Belle?
The Spanish Fandango
That he loved so well?
Well, did you love John Hurt?
Did you shake his hand?
Did you hear him
Singin' his Candy Man?
Did you hear him
Singin' his Candy Man?

Well, onn a straight-back chair
With his felt hat on
He tickled our fancies
With his able on
And all the people passing
Down MacDougal Street
They cocked their heads
And they stomped their feet

Did you hear John Hurt
Play his Creole Belle?
The Spanish Fandango
That he loved so well?
Well, did you love John Hurt?
Did you shake his hand?
Did you hear him
Singin' his Candy Man?
Did you hear him
Singin' his Candy Man?
Did you hear him
Singin' his Candy Man?

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Writer(s): Tom Paxton

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