"Po' Howard (139-B)" lyrics - LEAD BELLY
LEAD BELLY
"Po' Howard (139-B)"
Poor Howard's dead and gone, left me here to sing his song
Poor Howard's dead and gone, left me here to sing his song
Poor Howard had a wife and she nagged him all his life
So he used his butcher knife-like I said he had a wife
Now poor Howard's dead and gone...
They took Howard off to jail, wouldn't let me go his bail,
They said if he is your friend, buy a lily for his hand
Poor Howard's dead and gone...
When we laid his bones to rest we fulfilled his last request
He said buddies bury me far from her as I can be
Now poor Howard's dead and gone...
His last words were 'Friends, goodbye. Don't you worry; don't you cry.
I don't mind this a gettin' hung, at least I stopped her naggin' tongue'
Now poor Howard's dead and gone...
Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 2 (1935) (2005)
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- Frankie And Albert (127-A)
- Frankie And Albert (127-B)
- Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold (130-B)
- Mary Don't You Weep (131-B-1)
- Way Over In The Promised Land (131-B-2)
- Death Letter Blues (132-A)
- The Midnight Special (133-A)
- The Shreveport Jail (133-B)
- Western Cowboy (135-B)
- Blind Lemon Blues (136-B)
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town (137-A)
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town (137-B-1)
- You Cain' Loose-A-Me Cholly (137-B-2)
- Green Corn (139-A-1)
- The Maid Freed From The Gallows (139-A-2)
- Po' Howard (139-B)
- Matchbox Blues (141-B)
- Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In (142-B-1)
- Old Man Settin' In The Corner Dyin' (142-B-2)
- Blues I Got Make A New-Born Baby Cry (47-B)