Old Joe Clark - Woody Guthrie

Old Joe Clark’s dead and gone

Now I wish him well

To make me wear the ball and chain

To make my ankles swell

It’s round, round Old Joe Clark

Goodbye Betty Brown

Round, round Old Joe Clark

I’m gonna leave this town

Old Joe Clark killed a man

And throwed him in the branch

And Old Joe Clark’s gonna get hanged

Ain’t no other chance

Round, round Old Joe Clark

Round, round I say

Round, round Old Joe Clark

I’m gonna leave today

I went down to Old Joe’s house

He lived out of town

Every tooth in Old Joe’s head

Was smiling a quarter round

It’s round, round Old Joe Clark

Goodbye Betty Brown

Round, round Old Joe Clark

I’m gonna leave this town

Wished I had a nickel

And I wished I had a dime

And I wished I had a pretty gal

I’d kiss her all the time

Round, round Old Joe Clark

Round, round I say

Round, round Old Joe Clark

I’m gonna leave today

How did this Beaumont rag go, Woody?

That’s pretty hard, and I don’t know whether I can play that or not