Jimmy Brown The Newsboy

by Bill Monroe , Flatt , Roger Miller , Scruggs

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JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY
By: A.P. Carter
Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe,
Roger Miller, Skeeter Davis
Key: F

This is one song worth finding 
On you tube.  I heard it on the
Radio.  It's a tremendously sad
Song.  The more emotion you can
Work into it the better.

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I sell the morn-ing pa-pers sir 
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my name is Jim-my Brown

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Most ev-'ry-bod-y knows I am 
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the news-boy of the town

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You will hear me yell-in' Morn-ing Star 
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As I run a-long the street

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I have no hat up-on my head 
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no shoes up-on my feet

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Nev-er mind sir how I look 
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don't look at me and frown

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I sell the morn-ing pa-pers sir 
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my name is Jim-my Brown

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I'm aw-ful cold and hun-gry sir 
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my clothes are torn and thin
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I wan-der a-bout from place to place 
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my dai-ly bread to win


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My fath-er died a drunk-ard sir 
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I've heard my moth-er say
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and I am help-in' moth-er sir 
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as I journ-ey on my way
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My moth-er al-ways tells me sir 
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I've noth-ing in the world to lose
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I'll get a place in heav-en sir 
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to sell the Gos-pel News

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