Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear you sing this song Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear you 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 Let me hear you sing this song Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear you sing this song 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 Let me hear you sing this song Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear you sing this song 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 Let me hear you sing this song Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear you sing this song 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 Let me hear you sing this song Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear you sing this song