My Name Is John Johanna
My name is John Johanna;
I came from Buffalo town
For nine long years I've traveled
this wide, wide world around
Through ups and downs and miseries,
and some good days I saw
But I never knew what misery was '
til I went to Arkansas
I went up to the station,
the operator to find
Told him my situation
and where I wanted to ride
Said, "Hand me down five dollars, lad;
A ticket you shall draw
That'll land you safe by railway
in the state of Arkansas"
I rode up to the station
and chanced to meet a friend
Alan Catcher was his name
although they called him Cain
His hair hung down in rat tails
below his under-jaw
He said he run the best hotel
in the state of Arkansas
I followed my companion
to his respective place
Saw pity and starvation
was pictured on his face
His bread was old corn dodgers;
His beef I could not chaw
He charged me fifty cents a day
in the state of Arkansas
I got up that next morning
to catch that early train
He says, "Don't be in a hurry, lad;
I have some land to drain
You'll get your fifty cents a day
and all that you can chaw
You'll find yourself a different lad
when you leave old Arkansas"
I worked six weeks for the son of a gun;
Alan Catcher was his name
He stood seven feet two inches,
as tall as any crane
I got so thin on sassafras tea,
I could hide behind a straw
You bet I was a different lad
when I left old Arkansas
Farewell, you old swamp rabbits,
also you dodger pills
Likewise you walking skeletons,
you old sassafras eels
If you ever see my face again,
I'd hand you down my paw
I'd be looking through a telescope
from home to Arkansas
My Name Is John JohannaLRC歌词
[00:20.75]My name is John Johanna;
[00:23.25]I came from Buffalo town
[00:26.10]For nine long years I've traveled
[00:28.09]this wide, wide world around
[00:30.76]Through ups and downs and miseries,
[00:33.03]and some good days I saw
[00:35.61]But I never knew what misery was '
[00:38.02]til I went to Arkansas
[00:40.66]I went up to the station,
[00:42.76]the operator to find
[00:45.24]Told him my situation
[00:47.57]and where I wanted to ride
[00:50.02]Said, "Hand me down five dollars, lad;
[00:52.51]A ticket you shall draw
[00:54.84]That'll land you safe by railway
[00:57.15]in the state of Arkansas"
[00:59.72]I rode up to the station
[01:01.95]and chanced to meet a friend
[01:04.47]Alan Catcher was his name
[01:06.58]although they called him Cain
[01:09.06]His hair hung down in rat tails
[01:11.43]below his under-jaw
[01:13.78]He said he run the best hotel
[01:16.28]in the state of Arkansas
[01:18.61]I followed my companion
[01:20.79]to his respective place
[01:23.39]Saw pity and starvation
[01:25.77]was pictured on his face
[01:27.93]His bread was old corn dodgers;
[01:30.43]His beef I could not chaw
[01:32.90]He charged me fifty cents a day
[01:35.22]in the state of Arkansas
[01:56.45]I got up that next morning
[01:58.65]to catch that early train
[02:00.97]He says, "Don't be in a hurry, lad;
[02:03.42]I have some land to drain
[02:05.87]You'll get your fifty cents a day
[02:08.11]and all that you can chaw
[02:10.49]You'll find yourself a different lad
[02:12.85]when you leave old Arkansas"
[02:15.15]I worked six weeks for the son of a gun;
[02:17.48]Alan Catcher was his name
[02:19.76]He stood seven feet two inches,
[02:22.01]as tall as any crane
[02:24.47]I got so thin on sassafras tea,
[02:26.91]I could hide behind a straw
[02:28.95]You bet I was a different lad
[02:31.36]when I left old Arkansas
[02:33.99]Farewell, you old swamp rabbits,
[02:36.09]also you dodger pills
[02:38.44]Likewise you walking skeletons,
[02:40.82]you old sassafras eels
[02:43.31]If you ever see my face again,
[02:45.57]I'd hand you down my paw
[02:47.90]I'd be looking through a telescope
[02:50.06]from home to Arkansas
[02:51.91]
