Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
(original version)
Words & Music:
Traditional (possibly
James A. Bland)
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Oh, hand me down my walking
cane. Oh, hand me down my walking
cane.
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Hand me down my walking cane,
Lord, I'm leaving on the midnight train.
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'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Oh, hand me down my bottle o'
corn. Oh, hand me down my bottle
o' corn.
Hand me down my bottle o' corn,
I'm gonna get drunk as sure as you're born.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Oh, I got drunk and I landed in
jail. Oh, I got drunk and I landed
in jail.
I got drunk and I landed in
jail, had nobody for to go my bail.
'Cause all my sins are taken away.
Come on, baby, and go my
bail. Come on, baby, and go my
bail.
Come on, baby, and go my bail
and get me outta this Goddamn jail.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Oh, the meat was tough and the
beans was bad. Oh, the meat was
tough and the beans was bad.
The meat was tough and the
beans was bad, oh, my God, I can't eat that.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Oh, if I'd listened to what
Mama said. Oh, if I'd listened to
what Mama said.
If I'd listened to what Mama
said, I'd be home in a feather bed.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
If I should die in Tennessee,
if I should die in Tennessee,
If I should die in Tennessee,
just send my bones home C.O.D.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
But if I die in New York State,
but if I die in New York State,
But if I die in New York State,
just ship my body back by freight.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
The devil chased me 'round a
stump, the devil chased me 'round a stump,
The devil chased me 'round a
stump, I thought he'd catch me at every jump.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Oh, hell is deep, and hell is
wide, oh, hell is deep, and hell is wide,
Oh, hell is deep, and hell is
wide, ain't got no bottom, ain't got no side.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Now some folks say, it ain't no
fun, now some folks say, it ain't no fun,
Now some folks say, it ain't no
fun, when a song like this goes on and on.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.
Yes, on and on and on and on,
yes, on and on and on and on,
Yes, on and on and on and on,
on and on and on and on.
'Cause all my sins are taken
away.