Used to live in the country
But now I live in town
Stayin' at that big hotel
And courtin' Betsy Brown
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
Old Joe Clark's a mean old man
The reason I'll tell you why
He cut down his old rail fence
So his cattle could eat my rye
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
If I had no horse at all
You'd find me down a crawlin'
Up and down this dusty road
Looking for my darling
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
Old Joe Clark come to my house
I thought he'd come to see me
When I come to find him out
He persuaded my wife to leave me
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
But now I live in town
Stayin' at that big hotel
And courtin' Betsy Brown
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
Old Joe Clark's a mean old man
The reason I'll tell you why
He cut down his old rail fence
So his cattle could eat my rye
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
If I had no horse at all
You'd find me down a crawlin'
Up and down this dusty road
Looking for my darling
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
Old Joe Clark come to my house
I thought he'd come to see me
When I come to find him out
He persuaded my wife to leave me
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
Fare you well I'm gone
Fare you well, Old Joe Clark
And goodbye Betsy Brown
Other albums by the artist
Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)
2009 · album
Sailing And Whaling Songs Of The 19th Century
1956 · album
Bay State Ballads
1956 · album
Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World
1956 · album
Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia
1956 · album
American Folk Tales and Songs
1956 · album
British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition
1957 · album
Cumberland Mountain Folksongs
1957 · album
Unholy Matrimony
1958 · album
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