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 busher knife like I said he had a wife

But poor Howard's dead and gone

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

Poor Howard's dead and gone
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When he laid his bones 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

His last words were friends goodbye don't you worry don't you cry
I don't mind this a gettin' hung at least I stopped her naggin' tongue

Now poor Howard's dead and gone