Poor Boy Long Way From Home

[Intro:]
This is called "Poor Boy".

[Verse 1:]
Me and poor boy was travelling
Travelling a long way from home
Me and poor boy got brought off
Got brought off and praised and found.

[Verse 2:]
My dear mother, she got worried
When we was down all in the farm
Mama, she called that farmer up
And he told her that it's a-prison bound.

[Verse 3:]
My dear mother got on the farm
She called down a little far
My mother talked to the sergeant
He wanted not to have mercy on me.

[Verse 4:]
Well this sergeant told dear mother
He would take 200 dollar bill
We didn't have no one
To come and get us out on bail.

[Verse 5:]
Poor boy, he got all worried
[?] walking to us breaking down
I said "Poor boy don't worry
Our mother get us out of prison bound".

[Verse 4:]
Well this sergeant told dear mother
He would take two hundred dollar bill
We didn't have no one
To come and get us out of bail.

[Verse 6:]
Oh, my mother she got worried
She couldn't get them two hundred dollar bill
So one Sunday morning
My mother, she drove to the farm.

[Verse 7:]
Well, the sergeant met my mother
Drove on up to at the gate
My mother she told the sergeant
She never had no two hundred dollar bill.

[Verse 8:]
Well, my mother she kneeled down
My mother kneeled down on her knee
Oh, my mother pleased the Sergeant
Will you please sir have some mercy on me?

[Verse 9:]
My dear mother, she [?] cryin'
Told the sergeant, then she broke down
He said "These boys promised
They will not [?] on my train".

[Verse 10:]
I said "Listen brother poor boy
Don't be worry crime
Somebody, somebody, somewhere.