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origin is probably Negro, although it has now become a standard part of the repertory of Southern banjo pickers and is sung, so far as we know, excluÂsively by them.
The following stanzas that occur in other versions indicate its work-song origin more clearly than does the banjo version printed here in full.
/ looked at the sun and the sun looked red,
I looked at my partner and he was almost dead.
This old hammer killed John Henry,
But it can*t kill me. buddy* it canyt kill me* |
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Chorus:
Oh, roll on, babe, don't roll so slow,
When the sun goes down, you'll roll no more.
1 I dremp last night poor Lulu were dead And her apern strings tied around my head.
Oh, roll on, babe, and make your time,
My wheel's broke down, and I can't make mine,
2 I asked that girl to be my bride; She said she would before she died.
Oh, roll on, babe, and do your best, When the sun goes down, sit down and rest.
3 I looked at the east, and I looked at the west, I looked at the girl that I love best.
Oh, roll on, babe, don't roll so slow,
When the sun goes down, you'll roll no more.
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