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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
07-Oct-08 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Work Gang Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: LOOKIN' OVER IN GEORGIA

Lyr. Add: LOOKIN' OVER IN GEORGIA

Well I can stan',
Lookin' 'way over in Georgia;
Well I can stan',
Lookin' 'way over in Georgia;
Well I can stan',
Lookin' 'way over in Georgia,
O-eh-he, Lawd, Lawd,
She's burnin' down,
Lawd, she' burnin' down.

Sung by a pick and shovel gang. Apparently not related to any historical event.
H. W. Odum and G. B. Johnson, 1926, "Negro Workaday Songs, p. 121. No music given.