Johnny Boy’s Bones
Colter Wall & The Dead South * Track #2 On Imaginary Appalachia
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Album Imaginary Appalachia
Johnny Boy's Bones by Colter Wall (Ft. The Dead South)
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Colter WallThe Dead SouthProduced by
Jason PlumbWrited by
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A timeless callback to the dixieland style of music, Wall sings of a father who longs to have his veteran son’s body back after the war.
Johnny Boy’s Bones Lyrics
[Intro]
Well, I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times, they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away
Dixieland
[Verse 1]
Oh, musket and cannon have torn his gray coat
Don't he look fine and handsome?
Don't he look at his most?
For he fought in the foxholes and at this, I will boast
Don't they look fine and handsome?
My poor Johnny Boy's bones
[Chorus]
Well, who will bring back my Johnny Boy's bones
To lay beneath the trees of his Tennessee home
A box, a box made of sturdy white oak
With his arms folded up and his blue eyes all closed
[Verse 2]
Well he died for his country and he died for his kin
And he died killing men, a most honorable sin
But them mean boys in blue, they done turned him in
When they laid him low with a laugh and a grin
[Chorus]
Oh, who will bring back my Johnny Boy's bones
To lay 'neath the trees of our Tennessee home
A box, a box made of sturdy white oak
With his arms folded up and his blue eyes all closed
Oh, who will bring back my Johnny Boy's bones
To lay 'neath the trees of our Tennessee home
A box, a box made of sturdy white oak
With his arms folded up and his blue eyes all closed
Oh, who will bring back my Johnny Boy's bones
To lay 'neath the trees of our Tennessee home
A box, a box made from sturdy white oak
With his arms folded up and his blue eyes all closed
Johnny Boy’s Bones Q&A
Who wrote Johnny Boy’s Bones's ?
Johnny Boy’s Bones was written by Colter Wall.
Who produced Johnny Boy’s Bones's ?
Johnny Boy’s Bones was produced by Jason Plumb.
When did Colter Wall release Johnny Boy’s Bones?
Colter Wall released Johnny Boy’s Bones on Tue Jun 02 2015.