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30 Oct 03 - 06:06 AM (#1044381) Subject: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: ianfb Anyone out there got the lyrics for Can`t Keep from Cryin`. I heard John Renbourne? & Jacqui McShee singing it on an album years ago. Any lyric or pointers in the right direction would be appreciated. IanFB |
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30 Oct 03 - 08:26 AM (#1044440) Subject: Lyr Add: CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING (Blues Project) From: GUEST,Friutbowls Dad at work I saw these lyrics (from the Blues Project) Is this the song you wanted ? it is actually a big favourite of mine from way back ! * Chorus I can't keep from crying sometimes I can't keep from crying sometimes Oh momma she's dead and gone And I know I'm all alone I can't keep from crying sometimes Early in the morning About the break of day I fall down on my knees I fall down and I pray I think about my woman My woman who's long gone * Repeat Chorus Later in the evening I watch the sun go down I think about my woman But my woman Lord she ain't around My heart is filled with sadness And my eyes are filled with tears * Repeat Chorus |
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30 Oct 03 - 08:37 AM (#1044446) Subject: RE: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: Roger the Skiffler I've got Davy Graham's version on "Folk blues and beyond" TSCD 820. I could transcribe it for you but not for some time. I'm busy working through all the new jazz and blues CDs I got for my birthday! RtS |
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30 Oct 03 - 08:52 AM (#1044459) Subject: RE: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: InOBU Ah the Blues project, how well do I recall chating with Danny Kalb before Al Coopers 50th? birthday party concert at the Bottomline. My sister in law used to date Tommy Flanders... Danny still would like to murder him... great concert anyway... Cheers Larry |
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30 Oct 03 - 08:57 AM (#1044466) Subject: Lyr Add: CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING (Johnson) From: Roger the Skiffler The song was originally recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1928, with the following lyrics: Chorus Lord, I just can't keep from crying sometimes Lord, I just can't keep from crying sometimes When my heart's full of sorrow And my eyes are filled with tears Lord, I just can't keep from crying sometimes My mother often told me Angels [bonded] your life away She said I wouldn't complain But trust in God and pray I'm on the King's Highway I'm travelin' everyday [chorus] My mother, she's in glory Thank God, I'm on my way Father, he's gone too And sister she could not stay I'm trusting Him everyday He will bear my burden away [chorus] I thought when she first left me I'd grieve for a little while Soon it all would be over And I'd journey on with a smile But the thought as I get older I think of what I told her [chorus] RtS (via Google) |
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30 Oct 03 - 03:23 PM (#1044745) Subject: RE: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: Herga Kitty Ianfb The Renbourn album, IIRC, was "Another Monday". I think I've still got it somewhere, but I don't know whether it's playable.! Kitty |
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30 Oct 03 - 04:23 PM (#1044775) Subject: RE: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: alanabit Bert Jansch did a nice version of this on his last album too. |
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30 Oct 03 - 06:36 PM (#1044868) Subject: RE: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: ianfb Thanx everyone for the replies.The Blind Willie Johnson version is closest to the few lyrics I remember. Any other versions??... send `em on IanFB |
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31 Oct 03 - 01:35 PM (#1045406) Subject: RE: Lyric Req - Can`t Keep from Cryin` From: Richard Bridge Ten Years After did it too |