Jimmie Brown the News Boy – Flatt and Scruggs - 50 bpm

I 
C
sell the morning 

paper, sir, my 

name is Jimmie 
G
Brown.

 
G
Every-body 

knows I’m the 

newsboy of the 
C
town.

You can 
C
hear me holler "

Morning Star" 

running along the 
G
street.

I 
G
got no hat 

upon my head, nor 

shoes upon my 
C
feet.

 
C
Never mind, sir, 

how I look, don't you 

look at me and 
G
frown.   

I 
G
sell the morning 

paper sir, my 

name is Jimmie 
C
Brown.  

Well I'm 
C
awful pour and 

hungry sir, my 

clothes is mighty 
G
thin

I 
G
wander about from 

place to place, my 

daily bread to 
C
win,

My 
C
father died a 

drunkard sir, I've 

heard my mother 
G
say.

I’m 
G
helping dear 

mother, as I 

journey on my 
C
way.

My 
C
mother always 

tells me sir, I've 

nothin' in the world to 
G
lose.

I'll 
G
get a place in 

Heaven sir, to 

sell the Gospel 
C
News.  

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