комментированный список 1961 "Джоан Баэз, том 2"

Poor Boy (traditional)

I walked down to the river, poor boy
To see the ships go by
My sweetheart stood on the deck of one
And she waved to me goodbye 

   CHORUS:
 Bow down your head and cry, poor boy
 Bow down your head and cry
 Stop thinkin' 'bout that woman ya love
 Bow down your head and cry 

I followed her for months and months
She offered me her hand
We were just about to be married, when she
Ran off with a gamblin' man 

   CHORUS

Well if I had a golden thread
And a needle for to sew
I'd stitch myself to my true-love's side
And down that river we'd go
Сверил с фонограммой
в версиях в сети вместо последнего куплета истории про драку и суд
Poor Boy 
Cat. #0001 (MFH #496) - As sung by Loman Cansler, Parkville, Missouri
on October 18, 1957 
VERSE 1
As I went down th river, poor boy
To see the ships go by
My sweetheart stood on the deck of one
And she waved to me goodbye 

CHORUS
Bow down your head and cry, poor boy
Bow down your head and cry
Stop thinkin' about the woman, ya love
Bow down your head and cry 

VERSE 2
I followed her for months and months
She offered me her hand
We were just about to get married, when
She ran off with a gamblin' man 

VERSE 3
He come at me with a big jack-knife
I went at him with lead
An' when the fight was over, poor boy
He laid beside me dead 

Chorus 

VERSE 4
They took me to th big jail-house
Th months and months rolled by
The jury found me guilty, poor boy
An' the jedge said, you must die 

VERSE 5
And yet they call this jestice, poor boy
Then jestice, let it be
I only killed a man
Who was fixin' to kill me 


* Loman is from near Macks Creek, Missouri and Linn Creek, Missouri
and learned this song from his Grandfather. 


===========BOW DOWN YOUR HEAD AND CRY

(Aaron Allan - Charlie Walker)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »

As I went down to the river poor boy to watch the ships go by
My sweetheart's stood on the deck of one she waved to me goodbye

Bow down your head and cry (poor boy) bow down your head and cry
Stop thinking of that woman you love bow down your head and cry

I followed her from months and months she offered me her hand
We were just about to get married when she ran off with a gambling man
He come at me with a big jack knife I went and hit him with lead
And when that fight was over poor boy he laid beside me dead

Bow down your head and cry...
[ banjo ]
They took me to that big jailhouse the months and months rolled by
The jury found me guilty poor boy and the judge said yoou're gonna die
And yet they call this justice poor boy then justice let it be
I only killed a man who's just a fixin' to kill me

Bow down your head and cry...