PO' HOWARD

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Song Title
PO' HOWARD
Writers
Ledbetter, Huddie, Lomax Alan, Lomax John A
Publisher
Essex Italiana Edizioni Musicali SRL
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
Italy
Themes/Keywords
Boy, dead, Dress, girl, Gone, Poor, Red, Sing, Song
Lyrics
Old Howard’s poor boy
Old Howard’s dead and gone
Left me here to sing this song
Left me here to sing this song
Left me here to sing this song
Left me here to sing this song
Who’s been here since I’ve been gone
Who’s been here since I’ve been gone

Pretty little girl with a red dress on (2)
Pretty little girl with a red dress on, old Howard’s poor boy.
Left me here to shout for joy
Old Howard’s dead and gone.

Left me here to sing this song. (2)
Left me here to sing this song, Old Howard’s dead and gone.
Old Howard’s poor boy, old Howard’s poor boy.
Left me here to shout for joy, goodbye Howard, dead and gone.

(additional lyrics from Elektra
Library of Congress recording)
Who’s been here since I been gone
Big black man with a derby on,

The day I left my mother’s home
The day I left my home
The day I left my father’s door
The day I left my home
The day I left my friends (4)

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