Lyr Add: Stop And Take A Ride (gospel)

Subject: Stop And Take A Ride (gospel)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 28 Nov 01 - 04:47 PM

STOP AND TAKE A RIDE (Chariot Wheel)

Cho.
The chariot wheel keep on movin', (3 times)
Lord, I know you want to ride on de chariot wheel.

Oh, step an' take a ride, (3 times)
On the chariot wheel.
Oh, my mother took a ride, (3 times)
On de chariot wheel.
Cho.
My father took a ride, (3 times)
On de chariot wheel.
I know I'm goin' to ride, (3 times)
On de chariot wheel.
Cho.

Owens Quartet, Clemson, SC
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection. Select Audio Subject and go to Spirituals for list of titles.
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stop And Take A Ride (gospel)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 28 Nov 01 - 05:22 PM

The Owens Quartet sing another short gospel song, identical in form to Stop And take A Ride; a chorus plus two short verses, which are difficult to understand.

You Better Run
Cho.
You better run (3 times) to the city o' de refuge,
You better run.

You meet those hypocrites on de street,
De first thing they do is show their teeth,
The next thing they do they start to lie,
You better let de liars pass on by.
(2nd verse not understood)
I got a father in de promised land,?
This may be part of a longer gospel song.
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stop And Take A Ride (gospel)
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 28 Nov 01 - 05:33 PM

I've got a recording of this, too, Dicho... I wish I wasn't so rushed for time these days... I'll see if I can find it and post the lyrics.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat.

And I'm afraid I am, too..

Gettin' ready for the King..

Jerry

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stop And Take A Ride (gospel)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 11:08 AM

"You Better Run to the City of Refugee" sung by Rev. J.C. Johnson is on Wade In the Water, Volume 2 (Smithsonian Folkways). Two versions are quoted in Peters, Lyrics of the Afro-American Spiritual (p. 301, p. 302).
~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stop And Take A Ride (gospel)
From: wysiwyg
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 04:44 PM

The above now indexed in the African-American Spirituals Permathread. If more lyrics (with titles other than the above) are added in this thread, please help us index them by posting the song title and thread URL to the Permathread. Thanks.

~Susan