Walk, Johnny Wilson

DESCRIPTION: "Mean Johnny Wilson went to town (x3), He took a barrel of moonshine down." "The hoop did break and the barrel did swell," killing Wilson. Chorus: "Walk, Johnny Wilson, walk, walk." Other verses about hens, guns, and one-horse towns
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol4)
KEYWORDS: drink death bird
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol4, pp. 45-46, "Walk, Johnny Wilson" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7042
NOTES [29 words]: This feels like it's assembled from floating verses; it's disjointed and has an easy-to-assemble form. But I don't recognize any of the parts as being found in other songs. - RBW
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File: BWV4045

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