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Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK^^ From: jeffs Date: 11 Oct 98 - 07:30 PM Does anybody have anything more? I was a a bit surprised that it isn't (wasn't) in digital tradition. I couldn't find it on the web either. jeffs chorus Honey in the rock for all Gods children Honey in the rock, honey in the rock Honey in the rock for all Gods children Feed every child of God If religion were a thing that money could buy Feed every child of God The rich would live and the poor would die Feed every child of God Some say Peter and some say Paul, But I say one lord made us all I'll climb and I'll climb that mountain top I'll climb and I'll climb and I'll never stop The tallest tree in Paradise Some just call it the tree of life |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK^^ From: skw@ Date: 13 Oct 98 - 03:57 AM Jeffs, thanks for giving me the push to take down the words to this. It's on a Guy and Candie Carawan LP, 'The Land Knows You're There' (1986; see a parallel thread for the title song). In the sleeve notes, Guy says: ' I heard the beautiful chorus to [this] from my neighbour Alice Wine when I lived on Johns Island, South Carolina. I added the verses, words and music, to make it a song I could sing.' - Susanne Chorus
If religion was a thing that your money could buy Some say Peter and some say Paul
The tallest tree in Paradise
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Subject: RE: honey in the rock : more lyrics? From: jeffs Date: 14 Oct 98 - 07:30 PM Thank You! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK^^ From: ML in Ottawa Date: 17 Oct 98 - 10:04 PM 1.Hypocrite, hypocrite, God despise; (Feed every child of God.) Tongue's so clean, but he still tell lies; (Feed every...)
2. We can have justice if we care, (Feed every...)
3. When I'm happy I'll shout and sing, (Feed every...)
4. One of these mornings bright and fair, (Feed every...)
5. If we're gonna be fair, we gotta open the door; (Feed every...) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK From: raredance Date: 02 Apr 00 - 10:11 PM This song is the title song, if you will, form the book: "'Honey in the Rock' The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County,Alabama" edited by Olivia and Jack Solomon and published by Mercer University Press (1991 isbn 0-86554-336-4). Mrs. Tarrt collected African-American folkore and songs for many years until the mid 1930's. She hosted and guided John Lomax when his Library of congress folk song recording project visited Alabama in 1937, 1938, and 1940. She deposited the bulk of her manuscripts in the Alabama state WPA office in 1938, with the understanding they would be sent on to the forwarding office. They were still in Montgomery in 1976, apparently the Alabama WPA Federal Writers' Project office closed before they could process the works. Other portions of her manuscripts similarly were misplaced, lost, borrowed etc within the disorganized bureaucracy of the WPA. The editors' notes state that this song is based on Duteronomy 32:13, Moses last speech to the Israelites : "and he made him [Jacob]to suck honey out of the rock". The Old Testament God's providing for the hard-pressed Israelites is combined with New Testament salvation and the "honey" becomes much more than mere sustenance. A version of this song was given to John Lomax by Vera Hall for the Library of congress recording project in Sumter County HONEY IN THE ROCK
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Honey In the Rock From: WyoWoman Date: 03 Apr 00 - 01:37 AM Thanks for the words, and the background. WyoWoman |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Honey In the Rock From: Joe Offer Date: 03 Apr 00 - 02:18 AM Thanks a lot, Rich. I've been looking for this for a long time. Now, the tune.....??? You can e-mail me a scan of the tune if you have no way of posting tunes. -Joe-
Here's a version I like a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xThijZ1c0 Here's the Carawan Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8niEpQPrrxU Here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry: Honey in the RockDESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Honey in the rock, got to feed God children, Honey in the rock (2x), Honey in the rock, got to feed God children, Feed every child of God." Floating verses like "Satan mad and I so glad He missed the soul that he thought he had"AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (recording, Blind Mamie Forehand) KEYWORDS: floatingverses nonballad religious FOUND IN: US(SE) REFERENCES (1 citation): Carawan/Carawan-AintYouGotARight, pp. 232-233, "Honey in the Rock" (1 text, 1 tune) Roud #16119 RECORDINGS: Carter Family, "Honey in the Rock" (Decca 5467. 1938; Montgomery Ward 8024, 1939; rec. 1937) Blind Mamie Forehand & A. C. Forehand, "Honey in the Rock" (Victor 20574, 1927) NOTES [85 words]: The current description is based on the Carawan/Carawan-AintYouGotARight text. - BS The Victor ledgers for the recording by Blind Mamie Forehand credit her and A. C. Forehand with the authorship. The lyrics of the Forehands' recording are considerably different from the description of those in Carawan/Carawan-AintYouGotARight. They may be completely independent songs. I have not heard the Carter Family's recording, so I can't say whether it's the same song as the Forehands', the Carawans', or neither. - PJS Last updated in version 5.0 File: CarCa232 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2025 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Honey In the Rock From: GUEST Date: 03 Apr 00 - 09:10 AM Sorry, no tunes in the book. You would have to see if the Vera Hall version was included in any of the Lib Congress recordings that were released to the public. There is another totally different "Honey In The Rock" that was adapted from a traditional source by Alice Wine and Guy Carawan. It can be heard on the CD by the Carawan Family "Home Brew" (1992 Flying Fish FF70609). |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:45 PM Lyr Add: HONEY IN THE ROCK III Mother, mother, come and see What the Lord has done for me I am so humble Never get tired I am walkin' by my Savior's side. Cho. Honey in the rock, honey in the rock Oh it taste like honey in the rock Go taste and see dear Lord 'tis good Oh hit taste like honey in the rock. Brother, brother, come and see What the Lord has done for me I am so humble Never get tired I am walkin' by my Savior's side. Sister, sister, come and see, etc. Gambler, gambler, can't you see, etc. Sinners, sinners, can't you see, etc. "Honey In The Rock," the Ruby Pickins Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama, 1991, edited by Olivia and Jack Solomon, Mercer University Press, p. 111. Based on Song of Moses, his last speech to the Israelites. Vera Hall gave John Lomax a version of this song for the Library of Congress Recording Project in Sumter County. @religion @spiritual
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Subject: RE: honey in the rock : more lyrics? From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 11 Dec 01 - 05:48 PM I have duplicated Rich R's posting from above. Sorry. |
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Subject: RE: honey in the rock : more lyrics? From: masato sakurai Date: 12 Dec 01 - 09:47 AM A different version of "Honey in the Rock" was sung by A.C. Forehand & Blind Mamie Forehand and was recorded in 1927 (on Storefront & Streetcorner Gospel 1927-1929, Document DOCD-5054). Still another version was by Five Blind Boys of Alabama, in c.1950/51 (reissued on Five Blind Boys of Alabama 1948-1951, FLY CD 946). The first three lines are the same as those in Sweet Honey in the Rock's version of "Sweet Honey in the Rock" below, which is a "new version by Bernice Reagon" (on Sweet Honey in the Rock, Flying Fish FF 70022):
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Sweet honey in the rock
Incidentally, Rev. D.C. Rice sang a song seemingly not related but containing the line "there is honey in the rock for you etc." repeatedly in his sermon record titled "A Sure Foundation" (1928) (on Rev. D.C. Rice 1928-1930, Document DOCD-5071). |
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Subject: ADD Version: Honey in the Rock From: Joe Offer Date: 16 Nov 25 - 01:17 AM The Carter Family's 1937 "Honey in the Rock" recording is a different song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPdDaitDCY HONEY IN THE ROCK Oh my brother, do you know the Savior Who is wondrous kind and true? He’s the Rock of your salvation There is honey in the Rock for you Oh, honey in the Rock (oh, honey in the Rock) Sweet honey in the Rock (sweet honey in the Rock) Oh it tastes just like honey in the Rock Oh taste and see if the Lord is good Oh it tastes just like honey in the Rock Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious? Do you walk in the way that’s new? have you drank from the living fountain? There is honey in the Rock for you Oh, there’s honey in the Rock my brother There is honey in the Rock for you Leave your sins fur the Blood to cover There is honey in the Rock for you Source: https://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/song/honey-in-the-rock/ |
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