Eddie Lightner - Walk on Boy

Walk on Boy (written by Mel Tellis and Wayne Walker)

I was born one morning
The rain was pouring down
When I heard my Mama say to my Papa
We’ll call him John Henry Brown

Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
Cause there ain’t nobody
In this whole wide world
That’s gonna help you carry your load

One day my Papa told me
Some advice I wanna give you
Son, find yourself a woman and be good to her
And she will be good to you

Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
Cause there ain’t nobody
In this whole wide world
That’s gonna help you carry your load

Left my Mama and Papa
About the age of ten
Lord, I got me a job working on the levy
Totin’ water for the hardworking man

Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
Cause there ain’t nobody
In this whole wide world
That’s gonna help you carry your load

If anyone should ever ask you
Who’s that fellow Brown
You can tell ‘em I’m the man
That left the smokin’ hammer
Where we beat that old steam drill down

Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
Cause there ain’t nobody
In this whole wide world
That’s gonna help you carry your load
If anyone should ever ask you
Who’s that fellow Brown
You can tell ‘em I’m the man
That left the smokin’ hammer
Where we beat that old steam drill down

Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
Cause there ain’t nobody
In this whole wide world
That’s gonna help you carry your load