10 Nov 01 - 04:14 PM (#589817) Subject: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE Cho. Time has made a change (4 times) Since I bin born. Songs we used to sing we don't sing no more, Songs we used to sing we don't sing no more, Songs we used to sing, Lordy, we don't sing no more, Time has made a change since I bin born. Cho. Prayer we used to pray we don't pray no more, (repeat) Prayer we used to pray, Lordy, we don't pray no more. Time has made a change since I bin born. Sung by Alfred "Helena" Hamilton, aka Ernest Buggs, Arkansas State Prison Farm # 9. John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. @religion @spiritual @gospel Click to play
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10 Nov 01 - 04:31 PM (#589827) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: McGrath of Harlow Time has made a change in the old oak tree, time has made a change in the things I see, time has made a change and I must agree, time has made a change in me.
That's a distorted version of a fragment of a song that Princess Dinizulu (Maglan) used to sing before she went back to Saint Helena. Can anyone remember the proper words? |
10 Nov 01 - 04:37 PM (#589837) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: Sorcha You mean these proper words? |
10 Nov 01 - 07:47 PM (#589959) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: Herga Kitty Thanks Sorcha. These are certainly the words I've heard David Jones and Johnny Collins sing. Kitty |
10 Nov 01 - 07:50 PM (#589963) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: McGrath of Harlow I think you're right. The subconscious does funny things, dunnit? That's the heart of the folk process, failing memory. |
10 Nov 01 - 08:47 PM (#590018) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Was Freye the composer of the song in the DT? When was it composed? |
10 Nov 01 - 10:02 PM (#590059) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: Sorcha Can't find a date, which is sort of strange........ |
25 Feb 02 - 04:53 PM (#657731) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE From: wysiwyg The above now indexed in the African-American Spirituals Permathread. If more lyrics (with titles other than the above) are added in this thread, please help us index them by posting the song title and thread URL to the Permathread. Thanks. ~Susan |