HAM AN' EGGS
(Ledbetter)


Huddy "Leadbelly" Ledbetter & the Golden Gate Quartet - 1940
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group - 1957

Woody Guthrie; Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; Woody Pines; 
Josh White; Sunday Skifflers; Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group; 
Big Bill Broonzy; Rooftop Singers; Bourbon Skiffle Company; 
........ and others. 






As recorded by LONNIE DONEGAN:

Ham and eggs, pork and beans
I would'a had had more, boys, but the cook was so mean
I'm gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o' the road

If I had known my captain was blind
Wouldn't'a come to work, boys, when the clock struck nine
I'm gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o' the road

Pork and beans, pork and beans
Would'a had more, but the cook was so mean
I'm gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o' the road

If I had known my captain was back
I wouldn't'a sold that special, gun that is, that I once had had
Ooh well,  gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o' the road

Ham and eggs, pork and beans
Would'a had more, but the cook was so mean, ah mean
I'm gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
Oh, to make it on the side o' the road

(Instrumental Break)

Ham and eggs, pork and beans
Would'a had had more, boy, but the cook was so mean
I'm gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
Oh, to make it on the side o' the road
Oh, to make it on the side o' the road
Oh, to make it on the side o' the road






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)