- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
- Comments
- Americanized versions of this song have titles including "Jonny Boker", "Old Johnny Booker", "Mister Booger" "What Johnny Booker Wouldn't Do". The Caribbean shanty "Johnny Bowker" (also known as "Do My Jolly Boy") and the British song "Old Johnny Booger" are related to the American "Johnny Booker" song. This widely disseminated song/tune is known as a banjo piece and stems from the minstrel era where it was called "Old Johnny Bigger," among other titles. Sheet music published around 1840 names the song as "Jonny Boker or the Broken Yoke", "as sung by J. W. Sweeney" [Sweeney's Virginia Melodies]...
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Versions
Johnny Booker written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Johnny Booker | Cousin Emmy | 1947 | |||
Johnny Booker | Alan Mills and The "Shanty Men" | 1957 | |||
Do My Johnny Booker | Paul Clayton and The Foc' sle Singers | August 1959 | |||
Johnny Booker | Mickey Miller | 1959 | |||
Johnny Booker | The Journeymen | August 1962 | Live | ||
Johnny Booker | Oscar Brand | 1962 | |||
Johnny Booker | The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy | 1968 | |||
Johnny Booker | Tom Paley | 1969 | |||
Old Johnny Booker Won't Do | The New Lost City Ramblers | 1975 | Live | ||
Johnny Booker | Tom Paley and Ben Paley | 1993 | |||
Minstrel Medley (Johnny Booker - Liza Jane - Old Jimmy Sutton) | Stephen Wade | July 22, 1997 | Medley | ||
Johnny Bucker | Rhys Jones & Christina Wheeler | 2005 | |||
Johnny Booker | The Dust Busters with John Cohen | August 14, 2012 |
Johnny Booker written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Johnny Booger | Lee Hammons | 1973 | ||
i | Johnny Booger | Bruce Molsky | February 26, 2013 | ||
i | John Booker | Tricia Spencer & Howard Rains | 2019 |