Busker John Joe May from the 2007 MettaFour/KOCH release of the Jon T. Howard Time For Something New CD available at Amazon.com www.jonthoward.com For twenty five years John Joe May played the Underground In the alcove at Nottinghill Gate that busker could be found Singin' bout his wayward life for the rush hour crowds In a high lonesome tenor that would have made Guthrie proud He wore an old pin stripped suit and a black Crusher hat The lines on his weathered face were deep and long cast Carved by years of sanctuary found in his tarnished flask You could hear all the cigarettes he'd smoked every time he laughed Busker John Joe May Is buried in an unmarked paupers grave Near the Bells of St. Mary LeBow now Oh he never lived to see the day That old busker John Joe May When his story was told the whole world round Legend has he once was a man of upper middle class He married the youngest daughter of an Irish diplomat Then one day his wife just left for the love of another man ! He soaked his sorrow in whisky with a vengeance after that He lost it all in a long hard fall his songs were all he had So he sang for his supper every day until he filled his hat He died of a broken heart they say the victim of circumstance Oh the Bobbies found him dead one morn laid across the tracks CHORUS He'd send you on your way with a smile and a glance And treat you like an old friend every time you passed Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Busker John Joe May Is buried in an unmarked ...
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