Lost John Traditional - Woody Guthrie* - Sonny Terry Here’s the story about ol’ Lost John Lost John was a boy that got lost from a chain gang Down in Louisiana About sixteen bloodhound, so, they took on after him Sheriffs and deputies and on everybody else in the county, chasin’ him On across the swamp Lost John out run the bloodhounds there, all night long Towards mornin’ he looked up to the tree there And seen the lights from a house He didn’t know whether the people inside was friends or enemies So he wanted to go up to the house So, and asked if he could stay there to jet away from the bloodhounds He was afraid if he did go up there that the people Might set their dogs barking at him or Shoot him down with a Winchester riffle This is the story about Lost John Old Lost John ain’t lost no mo' * this is the version I recorded   alles-uke.de