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Lost John
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Sonny Terry
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Gonna tell you the story
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About old lost John
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Lost John was a boy that got loose
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From a chain gang down in Louisiana
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About sixteen bloodhound, took in after him
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Sheriffs, deputies
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And everybody else in the county
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Chasin' him all across the swamp
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Lost John outrun the bloodhounds there
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All night long, it was long towards mornin'
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He looked up to the tree there
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And seen the lights from a house
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He didn't know whether the people inside
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Was friends or were enemies
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So he wanted to go up to the house
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So, and asked if he could stay there
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To get away from the bloodhounds
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He was afraid if he did go up there
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That the people might set their dogs
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Barking at him or shoot him down
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With a Winchester riffle
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This is the story about lost John
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Old lost John ain't lost no more
Sonny Terry - Old Lost John
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