John Lee Hooker – Father Was A Jockey

My father was a jockey, taught me how to ride
My father was a jockey, taught me how to ride
Walked in the middle, then side to side
Walked in the middle, then side to side, yeah
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, 'til the break of dawn
Ride, ride, ride, Johnny, ride 'til the break of dawn
My father never, never lost a race
My father, father never, never lost a race
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, 'til the break of dawn
I ride so hard sometime, I ride on in my sleep
I ride so hard sometime, I ride on in my sleep
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Johnny ride, ride 'til the break of dawn
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Now Johnny Hammond, got to hear you
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, it's all gone
My father was a jockey, taught me how to ride
My father was a jockey, taught me how to ride
But Johnny walked in the middle, then side to side
Walked in the middle, then side to side, no, no, no, mm-hmm
But Johnny never, never, never, never lost a race
Never, never lost a race, no, no, hey, it's all gone
Mm-hmm, my father, my dear old father never lost a race
Never lost a race, taught me the same thing
Taught me, taught me the same thing