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Thread #32107 Message #611771
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
17-Dec-01 - 02:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Do Lord, Oh Do Lord, Do Remember Me
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Do Lord Remember Me
DO LORD REMEMBER ME
Cho.
Do Lard, do Lawd, do remember me (3 times)
Do Lawd, remember me.
When I'm sick an' by myself,
Do remember me; (sing couplet 3 times)
Do, Lawd, remember me.
When I'm crossin' Jurdon, etc.
If I ain't got no frien's at all, etc.
Paul and Silus bound in jail, etc.
One did sing while the other one prayed, etc.
When I'm bound in trouble, etc.
When I'm goin' from do' to do', etc.
Grissom, The Negro Sings a New Heaven, 1930 (Dover 1969), p. 68-69 with music.
Some different verses here.
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