SONG INFORMATION

Origin: Traditional (African American work song, Appalachia, Southeast, first collected in 1906)
First release by Tom Ashley (1962)

LYRICS

Walkin’ boss
Walkin’ boss
Yes you’re the boss
But I don’t belong to you

I belong
Yes, I belong
And I can get along
With that steel drivin’ crew

When I asked that boss man
For a job
I said I wanna job
He said “Son, what can you do?”

I can line track
I can line up track
And I can pull a jack
I can pick and shovel too

Walkin’ boss
Walkin’ boss
Yes you’re the boss
But I don’t belong to you

I belong
Yes, I belong
And I can get along
With that steel drivin’ crew

When I asked that boss man
For a job
I said I wanna job
He said “Son, what can you do?”

I work one day
One hard day
And draw no pay
And just lay around the shanty too

Walkin’ boss
Walkin’ boss
Yes you’re the boss
But I don’t belong to you

I belong
Yes, I belong
And I can get along
With that steel drivin’ crew

When I asked that boss man
For a job
I said I wanna job
He said “Son, what can you do?”

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Walking Boss

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Traditional

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Traditional

ALBUM

SONG INFORMATION

Origin: Traditional (African American work song, Appalachia, Southeast, first collected in 1906)
First release by Tom Ashley (1962)

FIRST TIME PLAYED

2017-12-16 Rives Theatre – Martinsville, VA

MOST RECENT TIME PLAYED

2021-04-02 Historic Columbia Speedway – Cayce, SC

BEST VERSION OF SONG

TOTAL TIMES PLAYED

7

TOTAL TIMES YOU'VE SEEN

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LAST 3 TIMES PLAYED

2021-04-02 Historic Columbia Speedway – Cayce, SC2019-11-10 The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ2019-09-17 The Commonwealth Room – South Salt Lake, UT

Longest Version (11:27)

Shortest Version (3:44)

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