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Thread #3748   Message #19406
Posted By: Gene E
17-Jan-98 - 11:23 PM
Thread Name: Favorite Blues Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: IF I HAD POSSESSION OVER JUDGMENT DAY^^^
Continuing the 1998 roll:

If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day Robert Johnson

If I had possession over judgment day,
If I had possession over judgment day,
Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' wouldn't have no right to pray.

And I went to the mountain lookin' far as my eyes could see.
And I went to the mountain lookin' far as my eyes could see.
Some other man got my woman and the - a lonesome blues got me.

And I rolled an' I tumbled and I cried the whole night long.
And I rolled an' I tumbled and I cried the whole night long.
Boy, I woke up this mornin' and my biscuit roller gone.

Had to fold my arms and I slowly walked away. Spoken (I didn't like the way she done) Had to fold my arms and I slowly walked away.
I said in my mind, "Yo' trouble gonna come someday."

Now run here, baby; set down on my knee.
Now run here, baby; set down on my knee.
I wanna tell you all about the way they treated me.