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Leader :
1. It’s a long John,
He’s a long gone,
Like a turkey through the corn,
Through the long corn.
Well, my John said,
In the ten chap ten,
“If a man die,
He will live again.”
2. Well, they crucified Jesus
And they nailed him to the cross;
Sister Mary cried,
“My child is lost!”
Chorus:
Well, long John,
He’s long gone,
He’s long gone.
Mister John, John,
Old Big-eye John,
Oh, John, John,
It’s a long John.
3. Says-uh: “Come on, gal,
And-uh shut that do’,”
Says, “The dogs is comin’
And I’ve got to go.”
Chorus:
It’s a long John,
He’s long gone,
It’s a long John,
He’s a long gone. |
4. “Well-a two, three minutes,
Let me catch my win’;
In-a two, three minutes,
I’m gone again.”
Chorus:
He’s long John,
He’s long gone,
He’s long gone,
He’s long gone.
5. Well, my John said
Just before he did,
“Well, I’m goin’ home,
See Mary Lid.”
Chorus:
He’s John, John,
Old John, John,
With his long clothes on,
Just a-skippin’ through the corn.
6. Well, my John said
On the fourth day,
Well, to “tell my rider
That I’m on my way.”
Chorus:
He’s long gone,
He’s long gone,
He’s long gone,
It’s a long John.
7. “Gonna call this summer,
Ain’t gon‘ call no mo’,
If I call next summer,
Be in Baltimore.”
He’s long gone. |
