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Thread #145778   Message #3373454
Posted By: Stewie
07-Jul-12 - 09:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: George Washington - Pope's Arkansas
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: George Washington - Pope's Arkansas
Here you go:

GEORGE WASHINGTON

George Wasington was a nice young man
A lie he wouldn't tell
But when he cut the cherry tree
His father gave him
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Got glory in my soul

My mother takes in washing
She does it very well
But when they fail to pay her
You bet she gives them
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Got glory in my soul

I took my girl a-walkin'
Down on the flowery dell
And when the old folks found that out
You bet they give us
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Got glory in my soul

Oh the engineer man whistled
The fireman rang the bell
The conductor hollered: 'We're all aboard'
And away we go to
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Got glory in my soul

Source: transcription by W.K.McNeil in booklet insert for box set 'Somewhere in Arkansas: Early Commercial Country Music Recordings From Arkansas 1928-1932' Center for Arkansas and Regional Studies [No #].

--Stewie.