Lyr Add: Ain't No Heaven on de County Road

Subject: Ain't No Heaven On De County Road
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 01:32 PM

AIN'T NO HEAVEN ON DE COUNTY ROAD

An' if I get drunk in yo' city, ole woman, Lord, Lord,
An' someone come an' fall down at yo' door,
Don't you run yo' hand in my pocket, ole woman, Lord, Lord,
An' take all my silver an' all my gold.
'Case I ain't been there but I been told, Lord, Lord,
That there ain't no Heaven on de county road.
She'll take a stranger on her knee, knee, knee,
An' she'll tell him things that she won't tell me,
An' if I get killed in Arkansas-saw-saw,
Won't you send my body to my mother-in-law.

"Slick" Owens and chain gang, near Clemson, SC. Put with Spirituals by the Lomaxes.
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection. Click Audio Subject and go to Spirituals listing.
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