LONG JOHN
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- Song Title
- LONG JOHN
- Writers
- Publisher
- HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)/FOLKWAYS MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC. (BMI)
- % Publisher Controls
- 100%
- Territory Controlled
- WORLD
- Themes/Keywords
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1950's, Girl, Gone, Goodbye, John, Moonlight, Singing, Sweet, Train, travel, Womanizer
- Lyrics
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One day, one day,
I was walking along,
When I heard a little gal,
She was singin’ this song.
CHORUS
He’s Long John, he’s long gone, (2)
Like a breeze in the trees,
He’s a-travelin’ on,
He’s Long John, he’s long gone.
Well, John went walkin’
On a moonlight night,
He looked to the left,
He looked to the right.
He saw a little gal,
That gal was sweet,
The prettiest gal
That a man could meet.
CHORUS
This gal she said,
“Go shut the door,
Your train don’t leave
Till a quarter to four.”
He shut that door
Till a quarter to nine,
Then he grabbed a freight
On the Di’mond Line!
CHORUS
Then John rode on
For a mile or two,
He met another gal,
He said, “How do.”
He kissed that gal,
She said, “Oh my,”
Then he left that gal,
Long John goodbye!
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