Poor Boy
by Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf recording of 1957 from More Real Folk Blues (MCA 9279) I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home What the others do, the world can't do me no harm I'm a poor boy, a long way from home Babe I can't stay here long, babe I can't stay here long What the others do, the world can't do me no harm I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home Well my, baby's dead and gone Well my, baby's dead and gone Well, well, well, well I'm a long way from home I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home And the world, can't do me no harm And the world, can't do me no harm Oh , no no no no, I'm a long way from home World can't do me no harm World can't do me no harm World can't do me no harm