DRINKIN' WINE

Cho. (twice)
Drinkin' wine, drinkin' wine,
You ought to have bin there,
Ten thousand years, drinkin' wine.

Anybody ask you 'bout that time,
Ever'body dead and gone on high,
You ought to have bin there, ten thousand years,
Drinkin' wine.

Cho. (with) You ought...

If my mother asks for me,
Tell her I've gone to Gallilee,
She ought to have bin there, ten thousand years,
Drinkin' wine.

Cho. (with) She ought...

If my sister asks for me, etc.

Cho. (with) She ought...

If the people ask for me,
Tell them I've gone to Gallilee,
They ought to have bin there, ten thousand years,
Drinkin' wine

Cho. (with) They ought...

Ed Jones, near Livingston, AL. John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound.
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