文本歌词

My name is John Johanna
I came from Buffalo town
For nine long years
I've traveled this wide wide world around
Through ups and downs and miseries
And some good days I saw
But I never knew what misery was
'Til I went to Arkansas
I went up to the station
The operator to find
Told him my situation and where I wanted to ride
Said Hand me down five dollars
Lad a ticket you shall draw
That'll land you safely railway
In the state of Arkansas
I rode up to the station
Then chanced to meet a friend
Alan Catcher was his name
Although they called him Cain
His hair hung down in rat tails below his under jaw
He said he run the best hotel
In the state of Arkansas
I followed my companion
To his respected place
Saw pity and starvation was pictured on his face
His bread was old corn dodgers
His beef I could not chaw
He charged me fifty cents a day
In the state of Arkansas
I got up that next morning
To catch that early train
He said Don't be in a hurry lad
I have some land to drain
You'll get your fifty cents a day
And all that you can chaw
You'll find yourself a different lad
When you leave old Arkansas
I worked six weeks for the son of a gun
Alan Catcher was his name
He stood seven feet two inches
As tall as any crane
I got so thin on sassafras tea
I could hide behind a straw
You bet I was a different lad
When I left old Arkansas
Farewell you old swamp rabbits
Also you dodger pills
Likewise you walking skeletons
You old sassafras hills
If you ever see my face again
I'll hand you down my paw
I'll be lookin' through a telescope
From home to Arkansas