Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas

Subject: Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas
From: GUEST,Ewan McVicar
Date: 05 Nov 17 - 03:50 AM

On the album The Real Bahamas is a 58 second or so track, recorded in 1965 at midnight in an alleyway.
Refrain line is 'I Told You People That The Judgement Coming But You Did Not Believe In Me, Halle Hallelelu uu yah'. But what is the rest of the lyric? I have puzzled over it for years. One line is 'Lord ah'm only astandin around'.
Opinons?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Nov 17 - 12:54 AM

Here's a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjwFyi1ZpDs

I can't understand any more than you did, Ewan - but I really like it.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 06 Nov 17 - 01:34 AM

I Told You People Judgement Coming

Look how mournfully you're standing.
Look how mournful you're standing around.
Halelu-halelujah.

I told you people Judgement coming.
Lord, you did not believe in me.
Ha-hale-Jedus-hale-Lord-lu-jeh-jah.
(repeat)

Sam Greene & Group
The Real Bahamas (In Music And Song)
Nonesuch, International Series

US LP (Mono) H-2013, 1966, trk A3
US CD 7559-79300-2, 1998, trk 3
Euro CD 7559-79725-2, 2003, same

Lots of overweight "audiophile" vinyl reissues about as well.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Nov 17 - 02:03 AM

Gee, it's nice to have you around, Phil. Thanks for making sense out of that.
Joe

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Nov 20 - 02:14 AM

Recorded in 65 but that first Hallelujah sounds very similar to some 21st-century songs. In fact, a decent amount of the Rhyming spirituals give me the feeling of relation to some of the songs I grew up listening to in American popular music.