Eddy Arnold - Poor Howard's Dead and Gone

Poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song
Poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song.

Poor Howard had a wife
And she nagged him all his life
So he used his butcher knife
Like I said he had a wife.

Now poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song
Poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song.

They took poor Howard off to jail
They wouldn't let me go his bail
Said poor Howard is your friend
Buy a lilly for his hand.

Now poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song
Poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song.

When we laid poor Howard to rest
We fullfilled his last request
He said: Buddies bury me
Far from her as I can be.

Now poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song
Poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song.

We fullfilled his last request
... (?)
He said: Buddies bury me
Far from her as I can be.

Now poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song
Poor Howard's dead and gone
Let me hear to sing this song...