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Thread #111404   Message #2671136
Posted By: GUEST,Negro Prison Blues and Songs
03-Jul-09 - 08:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rocks and Gravel
Subject: Early In The Mornin' Alan Lomax
Well it's early in the morning (in the morning)
Baby, when I rise, lordy mamma
Well it's early in the, in the morning
And then when I rise well I

(0:14)

Well it's early in the morning, in the morning
And baby when I rise lordy baby
You have the do you have well ah
On my right side well I
On my right side lordy baby
On my right side lordy sugar
Well I have a minuet oh well ah
On my right side well I

(0:43)

When the lord, lord he murder
When the lord, lord he sugar
When the lord, lord he roll ah
When the good lord get well ah

(0:57)

Well I heard she never told, well she told a
He told a dirty lie baby
Well I heard she never told a and he told a
E told a dirty lie well ah

(1:11)
Well I heard you never told and he told a
He told a dirty lie baby
And when the evil for the dollar won
He gonna rise and fight well ah
He rise and fight sugar
He gonna rise and fight baby
He get a evil on the dollar
He gonna rise and fight well ah

When the lord, lord he rolled it
When the lord, lord gal baby
When the lord, lord he sugar
When the good lord get well ah

(1:52)

When the rock in the ground for the make ah
Make a sign and a road sugar (well)
You take the rocks off the ground and you make a
You make a sign and a road well ah
You take the rock in the ground and you make a
You make a sign and a road well ah (sugar)
You take a good looking one and you make a
You make a good looking one well ah
You make a good looking one lordy baby
You make a good looking one lordy sugar
You take a good looking one baby
And make a good looking one wella

When the lord, lord he rolled it
When the lord, lord he sugar
When the lord, lord he rolled it
When the good lord get well ah

(2:47)

But the peasant wouldn't pay get hona
When I was at school I was taught sugar (well)
Well the beggar wouldn't pay pen only
When I was in school I was taught well ah
Well the beggar wouldn't pay pen only
When I was at school I was taught sugar (well)
Well they beg so hard lord baby till he
Until the beggar got sold well a
Until the beggar got sold oh baby
Until the beggar got sold lordy sugar
Well the beg so hard till he (mamma)
Until the beggar got sold well ah

(3:29)

When the lord, lord he rolled it
When the lord, lord he sugar (10 men die)
When the lord, lord he wrong
When the good lord get well ah

(3:43)
Well I have been to Georgia, buba
Well I've been told sugar
Well I have been to Georgia, Georgia
But I've been told well ah
Well I have been to Georgia, Georgia
But I've been told lordy mamma
Well it's Georgia women baby
You got a sweet jelly roll wella
You got a sweet jelly roll mamma
You got a sweet jelly roll sugar
Well Georgia well child
You gotta sweet jelly roll well ah

(4:23)

When the lord, lord he murder
When the lord, give I got a new babe
When the lord, when he rose
When the good lord get well ah