Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane (Version 2, typed, key of C)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L397
Credit: Traditional · traditional
Origin: Traditional American song, author unknown, recorded by the 1920s, treated as traditional and public domain. Version 2 of 2: typed in small capitals, no chords, 4/4 time, key of C, 'Traditional'.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_Me_Down_My_Walking_Cane
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. No chords on this sheet; see Version 1.
I GOT HIGH, LORD I GOT IN JAIL, WELL I GOT HIGH AND I GOT IN JAIL I GOT HIGH AND I GOT IN JAIL, HAD NOBODY FOR TO GO MY BAIL MY SINS THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME. CHORUS: HAND ME DOWN MY WALKIN' CANE LORD HAND ME DOWN MY WALKIN' CANE HAND ME DOWN MY WALKIN' CANE, I'M GONNA LEAVE ON THE MORNIN' TRAIN MY SINS THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME. LORD THE BEANS WAS TOUGH AND THE MEAT WAS FAT THE BEANS WAS TOUGH AND THE MEAT WAS FAT. OH THE BEANS WAS TOUGH AND THE MEAT WAS FAT OH GOOD GOD I COULDN'T EAT THAT MY SINS THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME. COME ON MOM, WON'T YOU GO MY BAIL, LORD COME ON MOM AND GO MY BAIL COME ON MOM AND GO MY BAIL, GET ME OUT OF THIS NASHVILLE JAIL MY SINS THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME. WELL IF I DIE IN TENNESSEE, LORD IF I DIE IN TENNESSEE OH IF I DIE IN TENNESSEE SHIP ME BACK BY C.O.D. MY SINS THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME. HAND ME DOWN MY BOTTLE OF CORN, OH HAND ME DOWN THAT BOTTLE OF CORN OH HAND ME DOWN THAT BOTTLE OF CORN, GONNA GET DRUNK AS SURE AS YOU'RE BORN MY SINS THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME. (BREAK & CHORUS)