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PRODIGAL SON (4) (Rev. Wilkins) Well a poor boy took his father's bread, And started down the road Started down the road Took all he had and started down the road Went out of his world, where God only knows And that'll be the way to get along Well poor boy spent all he had, Famine swept the land Famine swept the land Spent all he had and famine swept the land Said "I believe I'll go and hire me to some man" And that'll be the way to get along Well, man said "I'll give you a job For to feed my swine For to feed my swine I'll give you a job for to feed my swine" Boy stood there and hung his head and cried `Cause that is no way to get along Said "I believe I'll ride, Believe I'll go back home Believe I'll go back home Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home Or down the road as far as I can go" And that'll be the way to get along Well, father said see my son Coming home to me Coming home to me Father ran and fell down on his knees Said "sing and praise, lord have mercy on me" They said Oh poor boy stood there, Hung his head and cried Hung his head and cried Poor boy stood there, hung his head and cried Said "father will you look on me as a child?" Yeah Well father said "eldest son, Kill the fatted calf, Call the family round Kill that calf and call the family round My son was lost but now he is found But that's the way for us to get along" Hey related to "I Believe I'll Go Back Home" My aural memory says Hot Tuna did this on their first LP, too. Also recorded by the Rolling Stones on "Beggar's Banquet" This song shares a title with the Dock Boggs recording of a song related to "I B elieve I'll Go Back Home," but the two songs are quite different. Here is another interpretation of the Wilkins song: PRODIGAL SON (Rev. Robert Wilkins) Introduction: The prodigal son left home for a strange land. He became hungry and weary and he come to himself And believed: I'll go back home. The poor boy got all he had and started down the road (3 times) "Cause that's no way for him to get along. Said: I'm goin' out in this world and God never did know it, (3) And that'll be the way for me to get along. The poor boy got away from home and spent all that he had, (3) And that's no way for him to get along. The poor boy spent all he had, famine come in the land, (3) That'll be no way to get along. Said: Believe I'm going hire myself to some man (3) And that'll be the way for me to get along. And the man told him: "I'll give you a job, my boy, to feed my swine, (3) Is that a way for you to get along?" And the poor boy stood there, he hung his head and cried, (3) 'Cause that'll be no way to get along. Said: Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go, believe I'll go back home, (3) His father stood there, said: "Believe that's my son, comin' home to me," (3) And that's the way for us to get along. His father did run, he fell down on his knee, (3) That'll be the way to get along. Well, he sang and prayed: Lord, have mercy on me! (3) That'll be the way to get along. And the poor boy stood there and called all fam'ly round (3) 'Cause that'll be the way to get along. He told his eldest son: Go kill my fattest calf, (3) And that'll be the way for us to get along. @religion @blues filename[ PRODIGSON RH FS |
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