i was born one mornin the rain a pourin down heard my mammy say to my pappy let s call him john henry brown walk on boy walk on down the road ain t nobody in this whole wide world a gonna help you carry your load i left my mammy and pappy just about the age of ten lord i got me a job a workin on the levee totin water for the hard workin men walk on boy walk on down the road ain t nobody in this whole wide world a gonna help you carry your load one day my pappy told me some advice i wanna give to you son find a good woman be good to her an she s gonna be good to you walk on boy walk on down the road there ain t nobody in this whole wide world a gonna help you carry your load if anyone should ever ask you just who is that fella brown you can tell him i m the boy who left his hammer smokin where he beat that steam drill down walk on boy walk on down the road there ain t nobody in this whole wide world a gonna help you carry your load walk on boy walk on boy walk on boy