Poor Boy Long Way From Home 2:21 Trk 21 Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White) Recorded: 1963 Memphis, Tennessee Album: Parchman Farm Blues - Roots
I've stood at weddings and watched the best man smile When I knew that he loved the bride Never once did I dream that some poor girl was watchin' and
Called him poor boy You took him for fun He dressed for the tinkering trade He dressed for the tinkering trade Now the poor boy is taken away No use
Had my congregation, had my flock When I was a shepherd of men Chased the wild goose, chased the pot of gold Chased the rainbows end How can a poor boy
Translation: Cunningham, Austin. Let That Poor Boy Sing.
Translation: Cuisillos. A Poor Boy.
Translation: Norma Jean. What Does A Poor Girl Do.
Translation: Thompson, Richard. The Poor Boy Is Taken Away.
: Had my congregation, had my flock When I was a shepherd of men Chased the wild goose, chased the pot of gold Chased the rainbows end How can a poor
Had my congregation, had my flock When I was a shepherd of men Chased the wild goose, chased the pot of gold Chased the rainbows end How can a poor
Poor boy, poor boy, Are you a long way from home? Poor boy, are you down And out and all alone? Poor boy, poor boy, Did you spend your very last dime