Lining Track song
Clarence Harmon
Recorded by Cortez Reece, 1951
Recorded on Work & Pray: Historic Negro Spirituals and Work Songs from West Virginia (WVU PRESS SA-4)
Transcribed by Charlie Baum



Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Newborn baby born last night
Walking, talking 'fore daylight
Carry it to the mountain boys
Carry it to the mountain

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Isaac Lake Luke and John
All the prophets all are gone
Shake it to the river, boy
Shake it to the river

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Bluefield women read and write
Keystone women bite and fight
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Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
See that woman with the red dress on
That's my woman just as sure as you're born
Shake it easy boy

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Center head and join back
Come on boys let's line this track
O Lord

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Daddy killed a rabbit brought it home
Children got choked on a rabbit bone
Shake it easy boy
Shake it easy

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Little girl if you was mine
You wouldn't do nothing but starch and nine
Move it over boys
Move it over

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
I got a woman that lives up upstairs
She don't do nothing but put on airs
Get a hold of the coal boys
Get a hold of the coal

Well, Lovers is you right?
Oh Yes we right
Shake it easy shake it light
Come on boys let's get it right