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Thread #41142   Message #4032795
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Feb-20 - 01:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine
Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKING THAT WINE (from Kimber's Men)
This sounds like a sea chantey: the verses are sung by a single voice, the choruses by a group, all a cappella. This group seems to specialize in sea songs. Transcribed by me from Spotify:


DRINKING THAT WINE
As recorded by Kimber's Men on "Kimber's Men" and "See You When the Sun Goes Down," both 2010.

1. If my mama done ask for me,
Tell her that death done summoned me.

CHORUS: Y'oughta been there ten thousand years, drinking that wine,
Drinking that wine, wine, wine,
Drinking that wine, oh, yes, my Lord,
Y'oughta been there ten thousand years, drinking that wine.

2. Down by the river gonna take a little walk.
Me and my Lord gonna have a little talk.

3. Two white horses side by side,
One o' them horses I'm gonna ride.

4. O Lord, please let me sleep
Where the waters run cold and deep.

5. If my mama done ask for me,
Tell her that death done summoned me.