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03 Jul 17 - 03:27 PM (#3864109) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: prison songs by Alan Lomax From: GUEST Several years have passed and I am looking for a song my husband used to sing : No more, my lawd, I am tired and weary, No more. That is all I remember and as he has dementia he cannot remember either. Can anyone help? |
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03 Jul 17 - 03:31 PM (#3864110) Subject: Lyr Req: Looking for song words No more my lawd From: GUEST,Jan Cantle I am looking for words my husband used to sing -starting No more, my lawd, I am tired, I am weary, no more. He has dementia and has asked me to write down all the songs he used to sing! We are at 170 and counting...... Also stuck on The prettiest train I ever saw was in Alabama, in Alabam..... |
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04 Jul 17 - 01:25 AM (#3864158) Subject: ADD Version: No More, My Lord From: Joe Offer Thanks for the question, Jan. I moved your other post into this thread because it's confusing to people if you split a discussion over two threads. I suppose the easiest answer would be the song Roger in Baltimore posted in the "No More, My Lord" thread (click). I thought it also could be Peace in the Valley or No More Auction Block for Me. No More, My Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Is6N4Q26Tc None of these matches your specifications exactly, but I thought it worthwhile to suggest them. -Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor- Pentangle did a haunting recording of their version of this song: My transcription of the recording: NO MORE, MY LORD (As recorded by Pentangle) No more, no more No more, no more And I'll never turn back no more Jesus, He's the one He's the one I'm looking for And I'll never turn back no more Tell me where, Tell me where Tell me where he can be found And I'll never turn back no more Down on my knees, down on my knees Try and love if you please And I'll never turn back no more Ooh, ooh Ooh Ooh, oh, ooh No more, no more No more, no more And I'll never turn back no more "No More, My Lord" also appears in our Digital Tradition Folk Song Database. |
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04 Jul 17 - 02:45 AM (#3864163) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for song words No more my lawd From: Long Firm Freddie No More, My Lord No More, My Lord Cho: No more, my Lord, No more, my Lord, Lord, I'll never turn back no more. I found in Him a resting place, And He have made me glad. Jesus, the Man I am looking for, Can you tell me where He's gone? Go down, go down, among flower yard, And perhaps you may find Him there. A prison holler collected by Alan Lomax in 1947. Folk & Traditional Song site On YouTube Couldn't find anything for The Prettiest Train, I'm afraid. LFF |
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04 Jul 17 - 05:05 AM (#3864184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for song words No more my lawd From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch How sure are you about the "Alabama" bits? "Prettiest train, oh Lord, I've ever seen, dear Lordy It runs from Jackson back to New Orleans. Lyr Add: PRETTIEST TRAIN YT: Prison Songs - prettiest train |