The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14637 Message #126983
Posted By: Stewie
22-Oct-99 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Water Boy (from Paul Robeson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ain't no Hammer Upon this Moutain
The lines, or very similar, are floaters that occur in numerous songs. For example, Bascom Lamar Lunsford's beautiful version of 'Swannanoa Tunnel':
Ain't no hammer in this mountain Outrings mine, baby Outrings mine.