Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
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Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
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Chord Chart
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Lyrics
I sell the morning paper sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
Everybody knows me
I'm the newsboy of the town
You can hear me yelling 'Morning Star'
Walking on the street
Got no hat upon my head
No shoes upon my feet
Never mind sir how I look
Don't swear at me and frown
I sell the morning paper sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
I'm awful cold and hungry sir
My clothes are mighty thin
Wander about from place to place
My daily bread to win
My father was a drunkard sir
I've heard my mother say
I am helping mother sir
As I journey on my way
My mother always tells me sir
I've nothing in the world to lose
I'll get a place in heaven sir
To sell the gospel newsDemo Videos
About This Song
Jimmie Brown the Newsboy is a sentimental Carter Family song from the 1930s that became a bluegrass standard. The Mac Wiseman version is particularly well-known in bluegrass circles, and it's often performed as a gentle, story-telling number about a young newsboy working to support his family.