Lead Belly - Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

Poor Howard

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...



Credits
Writer(s): Liam Sean Tyson, Huddie Ledbetter, William Fuller, John A. Lomax, Juldeh Camara, David Smith, Justin Alexander Adams, John Malvern Baggott, Alan Lomax, Robert Plant
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