Artist: | Mac Wiseman (English) |
User: | raylandry333 |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Jimmy Brown, the newsboy
(Original artist: Carter Family 1931)
This version is by Mac Wiseman (1959)
Capo 3 (Gary) … C 3 S 170
Music intro… (drum & strum)
C G
I sell the morning paper sir; my name is Jimmy Brown
G C
Everybody knows I am, the newsboy of the town
C G
You can hear me yelling "Morning Star", as I run along the street
G C
I have no hat upon my head, no shoes upon my feet
Am F C
I have no hat upon my head, no shoes upon my feet
C G
I'm awful cold and hungry sir, my clothes are torn and thin
G C
I wander 'bout from place to place, my daily bread to win
C G
Never mind sir, how I look; don't look at me and frown
G C
I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy Brown
Am F C
I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy Brown
Music break… (Léonce ½)…(Ray ½)…
C G
My father died a drunkard sir, I’ve heard my mother say
G C
And I am helping Mother, sir, as I journey on my way
C G
My mother always tells me sir, I've nothing in this world to lose
G C
I'll get a place in Heaven sir, to sell the "Gospel News"
C G
Never mind sir, how I look; don't look at me and frown
G C
I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy Brown
Am F C
I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy Brown (repeat)