Old Joe Clarke’s Blues lyrics

[Intro]
Two, three, four

[Chorus]
Fare the well, Old Joe Clark
Fare the well, I say
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play

[Post-Chorus]
Hear your banjo play
I said to hear your banjo play
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play

[Verse 1]
Old Joe Clark, the preacher's son
Preached all over the plain
Only text that he ever knew
Was high, low, jack and the game

[Chorus]
Well, it's fare the well, Old Joe Clark
Fare the well, I say
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play
[Post-Chorus]
Hear your banjo play
I said to hеar your banjo play
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play

[Verse 2]
Wеll, Old Joe Clark he used to be
The biggest bum around
'Til Andrew Johnson appointed him
The sheriff of the town

[Chorus]
Say, fare the well, Old Joe Clark
Fare the well, I say
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play, play it (play it)

[Banjo Solo]

[Chorus]
Oh, fare the well, Old Joe Clark
Fare the well, I say
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play
[Verse 3]
Rooster crowin' in the barn
Must be break of day
I'm upstairs with another man's wife
Best be on my way

[Chorus]
Fare the well, Old Joe Clark
Fare the well, I say
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play

[Post-Chorus]
Hear your banjo play
I said to hear your banjo play
I'd follow you ten thousand miles
To hear your banjo play

[Outro]
Fare the well, Old Joe Clark
Fare the well, I say