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Thread #89198   Message #1688812
Posted By: Jim Dixon
08-Mar-06 - 11:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: You Gotta Reap What You Sow (A Hunter)
Subject: Lyr Add: YOU SHALL REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW
The Red Hot Jazz Archive has 3 recordings of this song: one sung by Alberta Hunter, recorded Feb, 1923; one by Sara Martin, from July, 1923; and one by Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, from 1937. My transcription is based on Alberta Hunter's; the others vary only slightly. Note this is a completely different song from the one she recorded later in life.

YOU SHALL REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW
Alexander Robinson

VERSE: When our eyes are dimmed with tears, we fail to realize
We'll be repenting through the years. Our sins shall never die.
Now my sweetheart has thrown me down,
And in my sea, I'm left to drown,
But just as sure as wint'ry winds will blow,
You shall reap just what you sow.

CHORUS: (I tell you,) You got to reap what you sow in the sweet, sweet by and by
When the fire of my love shall cease to burn.
You're gonna call me in vain, and you'll hang your head and cry.
I'll be far, far away and I'll not return.
Lord, many times you'll feel blue. You're gonna miss my hug and kiss
When your new lover quits and turns to go.
But if you make your own bed hard,
Don't you call on the good Lord,
'Cause He's promised you shall reap just what you sow.