Jimmy Brown the newsboy       (Listen to midi)

 

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1. I'm very cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are worn and thin,

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    I wonder about some place to place my daily bread I win.

 

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2. But never mind, sir, how I look, don't swear at me or frown,

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    I sell the morning papers, sir, my name is Jimmy Brown

 

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3.  I sell the morning papers, sir, my name is Jimmy Brown,

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    most everybody knows I am the newsboy of the town.

 

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4. My father was a drunkard, sir, I've heard my mother say,

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    but I am helping mother as I journey on the way.

 

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5.  I sell the morning papers, sir, my name is Jimmy Brown,

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    most everybody knows I am the newsboy of the town.

 

(capo 1 st)

 

    (The Carter Family)