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Thread #111404 Message #2671136
Posted By: GUEST,Negro Prison Blues and Songs
03-Jul-09 - 08:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rocks and Gravel
Subject: Early In The Mornin' Alan Lomax
Well it's early in the morning (in the morning) Baby, when I rise, lordy mamma Well it's early in the, in the morning And then when I rise well I
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Well it's early in the morning, in the morning And baby when I rise lordy baby You have the do you have well ah On my right side well I On my right side lordy baby On my right side lordy sugar Well I have a minuet oh well ah On my right side well I
(0:43)
When the lord, lord he murder When the lord, lord he sugar When the lord, lord he roll ah When the good lord get well ah
(0:57)
Well I heard she never told, well she told a He told a dirty lie baby Well I heard she never told a and he told a E told a dirty lie well ah
(1:11) Well I heard you never told and he told a He told a dirty lie baby And when the evil for the dollar won He gonna rise and fight well ah He rise and fight sugar He gonna rise and fight baby He get a evil on the dollar He gonna rise and fight well ah
When the lord, lord he rolled it When the lord, lord gal baby When the lord, lord he sugar When the good lord get well ah
(1:52)
When the rock in the ground for the make ah Make a sign and a road sugar (well) You take the rocks off the ground and you make a You make a sign and a road well ah You take the rock in the ground and you make a You make a sign and a road well ah (sugar) You take a good looking one and you make a You make a good looking one well ah You make a good looking one lordy baby You make a good looking one lordy sugar You take a good looking one baby And make a good looking one wella
When the lord, lord he rolled it When the lord, lord he sugar When the lord, lord he rolled it When the good lord get well ah
(2:47)
But the peasant wouldn't pay get hona When I was at school I was taught sugar (well) Well the beggar wouldn't pay pen only When I was in school I was taught well ah Well the beggar wouldn't pay pen only When I was at school I was taught sugar (well) Well they beg so hard lord baby till he Until the beggar got sold well a Until the beggar got sold oh baby Until the beggar got sold lordy sugar Well the beg so hard till he (mamma) Until the beggar got sold well ah
(3:29)
When the lord, lord he rolled it When the lord, lord he sugar (10 men die) When the lord, lord he wrong When the good lord get well ah
(3:43) Well I have been to Georgia, buba Well I've been told sugar Well I have been to Georgia, Georgia But I've been told well ah Well I have been to Georgia, Georgia But I've been told lordy mamma Well it's Georgia women baby You got a sweet jelly roll wella You got a sweet jelly roll mamma You got a sweet jelly roll sugar Well Georgia well child You gotta sweet jelly roll well ah
(4:23)
When the lord, lord he murder When the lord, give I got a new babe When the lord, when he rose When the good lord get well ah