Lost John Lyrics - Woody Guthrie

Gonna tell you the story 

About old lost John 

Lost John was a boy that got loose 

From a chain gang down in Louisiana 

About sixteen bloodhound, took in after him 

Sheriffs, deputies 

And everybody else in the county 

Chasin' him all across the swamp 

Lost John outrun the bloodhounds there 

All night long, it was long towards mornin' 

He looked up to the tree there 

And seen the lights from a house 

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He didn't know whether the people inside 

Was friends or were enemies 

So he wanted to go up to the house 

So, and asked if he could stay there 

To get away from the bloodhounds 

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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 more