Buttermilk John Songtext / Lyric

Now Buttermilk John played the steel guitar

It made a mournful sound

From the cotton fields of Arkansas

To the streets of that Nashville town



Oh John, oh John, play all night long

Play till my tears run dry

Oh John, oh John, play one last song

Before you take that final ride



Now Buttermilk John sure loved Miss Jean

She never left his side

Was the sweetest love I've ever seen

The Holy Bible was their guide






Oh John, oh John, play all night long

Play till my tears run dry

Oh John, oh John, play one last song

Before you take that final ride



Now Buttermilk John was a godly man

I loved him like a son

Now he's gone on to the Glory Land

With Jesus he, he will run



Oh John, oh John, play all night long

Play till my tears run dry

Oh John, oh John, play one last song

Before you take that final ride



Oh John, oh John, play one last song

Before you take that final ride