Here are the rest of the songs I performed (excluding the multiple songs Barry, I and the audience sang at our Prison Song workshop.
JULIE
Julie
Hear me when I call you,
Julie won't hear me.(2)
Believe I'll go to Dallas,(2)
Got to see my Julie
Oh, my Lord.
Raise 'em up together(3)
Oh, my Lord
Julie and the baby,(3)
Oh, my Lord.
Run to get the Sergeant, (3)
Oh, my Lord.
Julie,
Hear me when I call you,
Julie won't hear me.(2)
Baby, gettin' hungry, (3)
Oh, my Lord.
Feet are gettin' itchy, (3)
Oh, my Lord.
Rattler can't hold me.(3)
Oh, my Lord.
Raise 'em a'little higher(3)
Oh, my Lord
Julie
Hear me when I call you,
Julie won't hear me.(2)
Here is a thread for In My Time of Dyin' followed by the lyrics.
In my time of dyin',
Don't want nobody to moan.
All I want for you to do is,
Take my body home.
CHO:
Well, well, well,
So I can die easy.
Well, well, well.
(musical phrase)
Well, well, well.
So I can die easy.
Jesus gonna make up,
Jesus gonna make up,
Jesus gonna make up,
My dyin' bed.
Meet me, Jesus, meet me.
Meet me in the middle of the air.
If these wings should fail me, Lord,
Won't you meet me with another pair. CHO:
In my time of dyin'
Don't want nobody to cry
All I want for you to do is
Take me when I die. CHO:
LOVE IN VAIN
by Robert Johnson
And I followed her to the station,
Her suitcase in my hand.
And I followed her to the station,
Her suitcase in my hand.
And it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell,
When all your love's in vain.
All my love's in vain.
When the train pulled in the station,
I looked her in the eyes.
When the train pulled in the station,
I looked her in the eyes.
I was lonesome, felt so lonesome.
I could not help but cry.
All my love's in vain.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh, Ellie Mae.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Ellie May's her name.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
All my love's in vain.
When the train rolled out the station,
There were two lights on behind.
When the train rolled out the station,
There were two lights on behind.
The blue light was my blues,
The red light was my mind.
All my love's in vain.
Repeat first verse.
BREAKFAST BLUES
You give me hard eggs in the mornin'.
Cheese omelet you go.
You give me hard eggs in the mornin'.
Cheese omelet you go.
You hot buttered grits your teeth and bear it,
I donut love you any more.
(Wipe that glazed look off your face).
Ham, bacon you to leave me,
I never sausage misery.
Ham, bacon you to leave me,
I never sausage misery.
You treated me so ungrapefruitly,
You gave me raisin to be free.
(Orange juice ashamed of yourself?)
What do you Eggs Benedict me to do girl?
I got muffin left to say,
(You butter come up with somethin')
What do you Eggs Benedict me to do girl?
I got muffin left to say,
You left such a waffle toast in my mouth,
You biscuit out of town today.
(Ain't gonna leave the home fries burnin' for ya)
You give me hard eggs in the mornin'.
Cheese omelet you go.
You give me hard eggs in the mornin'.
Cheese omelet you go.
You hot buttered grits your teeth and bear it,
Ain't gonna quiche you anymore.
^^
I first heard this song sung by Trout Fishing in America. On their CD they give writing credit to someone whose name I forget. However, I played this song for an older bluesman once (formerly known as Doctor Blues) and he asked me where I got his song. He said it was an old Music Hall song that he converted to a blues. Who's to know the true story?
Roger in Baltimore