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Thread #6961   Message #607977
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
11-Dec-01 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Honey in the Rock
Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK
Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK III

Mother, mother, come and see
What the Lord has done for me
I am so humble
Never get tired
I am walkin' by my Savior's side.

Cho.
Honey in the rock, honey in the rock
Oh it taste like honey in the rock
Go taste and see dear Lord 'tis good
Oh hit taste like honey in the rock.

Brother, brother, come and see
What the Lord has done for me
I am so humble
Never get tired
I am walkin' by my Savior's side.

Sister, sister, come and see, etc.

Gambler, gambler, can't you see, etc.

Sinners, sinners, can't you see, etc.

"Honey In The Rock," the Ruby Pickins Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama, 1991, edited by Olivia and Jack Solomon, Mercer University Press, p. 111.
Based on Song of Moses, his last speech to the Israelites.
Vera Hall gave John Lomax a version of this song for the Library of Congress Recording Project in Sumter County.
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