Lyr Req: Grinning in Your Face (Son House)

Subject: Son House.Lyrics
From: Pajala Bluesman
Date: 09 Apr 97 - 01:52 PM

Does anyone know the lyrics to the tune Grining by Son House.

Please send them to me. Thank you

Subject: Lyr Add: GRINNIN' IN YOUR FACE (Son House)
From: LaMarca
Date: 11 Apr 97 - 09:15 AM

Grinnin' in Your Face by Son House (transcribed from a record)

Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face,
Don't mind people grinnin' in your face,
Just bear this in mind-
A true friend is hard to find;
Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face.

You know your mother will talk about you,
Your sisters and brothers, too;
Yes, don't care how you're trying to live,
They'll talk about you still...
Yes, but bear this in mind,
A true friend is hard to find;
Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face.

Repeat first verse

You know they'll jump you up and down
They'll carry you all round and round;
Just as soon as your back is turned,
They'll be tryin' to crush you down.
Yes, but bear this in mind,
A true friend is hard to find;
Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face.

Repeat first verse

Subject: RE: Son House.Lyrics
From: pajala
Date: 11 Apr 97 - 10:04 AM

Thank you La Marca

what record did you get the lyrics from?

Subject: RE: Son House.Lyrics
From: somebody else!
Date: 29 Apr 97 - 06:13 PM

GRINNIN’ IN YOUR FACE

There are two slightly different versions of this -- one an outtake -- on the “Son House: Father of the Delta Blues, the Complete 1965 Sessions” (Columbia) CD. It is done a-cappella, with rhythmic clapping:

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Grinning in Your Face (Son House)
From: Azizi
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 06:48 PM

Here's a link to a funky* YouTube video of this song by an group called BluesCulture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqFsilhXnZU&feature=related

* In this context, "funky" is a compliment.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Grinning in Your Face (Son House)
From: Bernard Quenby
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 11:39 AM

There's an excellent version by Martin Simpson on his 'Grinning In Your Face' album