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Thread #41142   Message #4032801
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Feb-20 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine
Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKING THAT WINE(from J. B. Smith)
This is sung a cappella by one voice. Apparently a prison work song. My transcription from Spotify:


DRINKING THAT WINE
As recorded by J. B. Smith on "No More Good Time in the World for Me" (2018)
(The album cover says: "Recorded by Bruce Jackson, Unit No. 2, Ramsey State Farm, Rosharon, TX, 1965-1966")

1. If-a my brother asks for me,
Tell 'im that I went on Galilee.

CHORUS: I ought to been there ten thousan' year, drinkin' that wine,
Drinkin' that wine, wine, wine,
Good ol' W-I-N-E, wine,
I ought to been there ten thousan' year, drinkin' wine.

2. If-a my sister asks for me,
Tell 'er that I went on Galilee. CHORUS


[There is a bit of dialog at the end of the song where he explains: "Long as you want, you can go roun': brother, sister, or father, mother, anybody you want to."]