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14 Nov 01 - 02:30 PM (#592590) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKIN' WINE From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) DRINKIN' WINE Cho. (twice) Drinkin' wine, drinkin' wine, You ought to have bin there, Ten thousand years, drinkin' wine. Anybody ask you 'bout that time, Ever'body dead and gone on high, You ought to have bin there, ten thousand years, Drinkin' wine. Cho. (with) You ought... If my mother asks for me, Tell her I've gone to Gallilee, She ought to have bin there, ten thousand years, Drinkin' wine. Cho. (with) She ought... If my sister asks for me, etc. Cho. (with) She ought... If the people ask for me, Tell them I've gone to Gallilee, They ought to have bin there, ten thousand years, Drinkin' wine Cho. (with) They ought... Ed Jones, near Livingston, AL. John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound. @religion @gospel @spiritual |
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19 Jan 02 - 01:57 AM (#630990) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKIN' OF THE WINE From: masato sakurai DRINKIN' OF THE WINE
If my mother ask you for me, tell her I gone to Gallerlee,
Drinkin' of the wine, drinkin' of the wine,
You may mourn, sinner, mourn, the Lord help you to mourn;
From: Odum and Johnson, The Negro and His Songs (1925; 1968, p. 136) ~Masato |
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19 Jan 02 - 02:57 PM (#631189) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Jerry Rasmussen Drinking Wine, Spodee-odee. |
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19 Jan 02 - 03:52 PM (#631221) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKIN' WINE SPO-DEE-O-DEE From: Rolfyboy6 Track Title: DRINKIN' WINE SPO-DEE-O-DEE Album Title: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: Vol 1, 1947-1952 Prime Artist: Stick McGhee Vocal: Stick McGhee Guitar: Stick McGhee Guitar: Brownie McGhee Bass: Gene Ramey Piano: Wilbert (Big Chief) Ellis Producer: Herb Abrahmson Producer: Ahmet Ertegun Written by: J. Mayo Williams Written by: Stick McGhee Lyrics: Down in New Orlean, where ev'rything is fine All them cats is drinkin' that wine Drinking that mess, their delight When they gets drunk, start singing all night Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Pass that bottle to me Drinking that mess, their delight When they gets drunk, start fighting all night Knocking down windows and tearin' out doors Drinkin' half a gallon and callin' for more Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Pass that bottle to me Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Wine, wine, wine (Elderberry!) Wine, wine, wine (Or sherry!) Wine, wine, wine (Blackberry!) Wine, wine, wine (Half 'n' half!) Wine, wine, wine (Oh, Boy!) Pass that bottle to me If you wanna get along, in New Orleans town Buy some wine and pass it all around Age runs up for tonight (?) All those cats they love sweet wine Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Pass that bottle to me Hoy! Hoy! Wine, wine, wine (Elderberry!) Wine, wine, wine (Or Sherry!) Wine, wine, wine (Blackberry!) Wine, wine, wine (Half 'n half!) Wine, wine, wine (Oh Boy!) Pass that bottle to me Drink that slop! That's what I'm talkin' about! Ah, drink it! Sneaky Pete! Now down on Rampart street at Willy's Den He wasn't selling but a little gin One cat wanted a bottle of wine He hit that cat for a dollar and a dime Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Pass that bottle to me Hoy! Hoy! Wine, wine, wine (Elderberry!) Wine, wine, wine (Or Sherry!) Wine, wine, wine (Blackberry!) Wine, wine, wine (Half 'n half!) Wine, wine, wine (Oh Boy!) Pass that bottle to me I got a nickel, have you got a dime? Let's get together and get a little wine Some buys a fifth, some buys a quart But when you buy Sherry now you're doing things smart Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Wine spo-dee-o-dee, drinkin' wine (bop ba) Pass that bottle to me Hoy Hoy: Stick McGhee Hoy Hoy: Drinkin' Wine Sound clip |
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19 Jan 02 - 04:50 PM (#631258) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Jerry Rasmussen Yep, you got it, Rolfyboy6. I have that recording, and also a fine verison of it by Jeryy Lee Lewis. O.K., it's not what Dicho was thinking about, but it was the first song that came to mind when I rad the title of the thread. Jerry |
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21 Jan 02 - 08:23 PM (#632637) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Barry Finn Also to be found on Global Village, Virginia Traditions collected in 1950 from Walter Kegler & crew of the Bernegat, again recorded by the Manhaden Chanteymen. Bruce Jackson (see Wake Up Dean Man not the CD but the book) collected this from 'Chinaman'Johnson & group in 8/21/1965 at the Ellis Prison Unit, Texas as an axe song. Happy wining, Barry |
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21 Jan 02 - 09:30 PM (#632671) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: masato sakurai Barry, thanks for the info. From Bruce Jackson's book Wake Up Dead Man (Harvard UP, pp. 245-248; with music)[titled "Drinkin' That Wine"], I knew Lydia Parrish also recorded this song, which is in her Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (1942; Univ. of Georgia Press, 1992, pp. 249-251; without music)["Drinkin' of the Wine"]. The Walter Kegler version ["Drinking the Wine"] is "the most popular sacred song adapted for menhadden chantying". ~Masato
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25 Apr 02 - 11:47 AM (#698320) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: wysiwyg Now if I had time, I'd write about how this song is a fine example of anamnesis. (Can I get an AMEN) Some of these are going to go together into a presentaion titled something like "Gospel 101 for Episcopalians." It will be about how the central truths of the faith keep popping out in the music, despite the doctrinal differences that so often are prominently waved about. ~S~ |
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25 Apr 02 - 12:50 PM (#698401) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Anamnesis: Recalling to mind (word appeared in print in the 16th century). Medical definition: A preliminary case history of a medical or psychiatric patient. (Be careful, boys, she is impugning our sanity) |
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04 Aug 02 - 04:50 AM (#759513) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKING OF THE WINE From: masato sakurai DRINKING OF THE WINE (Bacom Lamar Lunsford)
CHORUDS:
1. Drink it members, drink it free,
2. If my sister calls for me,
3. If my mother calls for me,
From: Loyal Jones, Minstrel of the Appalachians: The Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1984; University of Kentucky Press, 2002, p. 220; with music); Notes--"Fragment mistakenly listed in Brown III 48 as a drinking song. 'I [Lunsford] heard this in 1903 at a Children's Day Program in a Negro congregation in the Yadkin Valley, Wilkes County, N.C.'"(p. 157) ~Masato |
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05 Sep 04 - 02:10 PM (#1264801) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKIN' OF THE WINE (Sea Islands) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lydia Parrish says that the swinging rhythm of the communion song, "Drinkin' of the Wine," made it a favorite with the chain-gang for cutting weeds along the highway. Lyr. Add: DRINKIN' OF THE WINE (Sea Islands) Chorus: Drinkin' of the wine- wine- wine Drinkin' of the wine O yes- my Lord. I oughta bin to heaven ten thousand years Drinkin' of the wine. Eatin' of the bread- bread- bread Eatin' of the bread- O yes my Lord. I oughta bin to Heaven ten thousand years Drinkin' of the wine. Chorus If my mother ask for me Tell her Death done summon' me. I oughta bin to Heaven ten thousand years Drinkin' of the wine. Chorus If y'u get there before I do Tell my Lord I'm comin' too. I oughta bin to Heaven ten thousand years Drinkin' of the wine. Chorus Ain' but one thing I done wrong Stayin' in the wilderness mos' too long. I oughta bin to heaven ten thousand years Drinkin' of the wine. Chorus Lydia Parrish, 1942, 1992, "Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands," pp. 249-251 (without music). |
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05 Sep 04 - 06:04 PM (#1264887) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Azizi It's interesting how religious lyrics show up in non-religious songs and vice versa. I remember this verse was sung by young folks back in the 1960s or earlier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I've no idea if these exact words came from a recorded Blues song or R&B song or what. You get a nickel and I'll get a dime. And we'll go out a buy some wine. Drinkin wine, wine, wine Drinkin wine, wine, wine Drinkin wine, wine, wine All the time. |
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05 Sep 04 - 09:21 PM (#1264990) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Q (Frank Staplin) Newman I. White called these departures 'upstart crows.' I went down th the valley to pray, (3x) I got drunk and stayed all day. If you want to go to Heaven I'll tell you what to do; Just grease all over in Brunswick stew; The devil will grab you and miss his man, Then you slip right over into the promised land. Eat chitlings. From American Negro Folk Songs, 1928 (1965). |
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06 Sep 04 - 05:05 PM (#1265525) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: Eve Goldberg The version I learned from Bob Walser has the verse: Mind my sister How you walk on the cross Your foot might slip And you're soul'd be lost |
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30 Aug 10 - 11:23 AM (#2975911) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine SPO-DEE-O-DEE From: GUEST,Gumbo Stu RolfyBoy6 posted the Sticks McGhee lyrics with this question If you wanna get along, in New Orleans town Buy some wine and pass it all around Age runs up for tonight (?) All those cats they love sweet wine it's Age runs up Forty-nine this was written in 1949, remember |
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01 Feb 20 - 09:04 PM (#4031666) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: GUEST What is the meaning of 10000 years. |
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01 Feb 20 - 09:39 PM (#4031669) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: RTim Here is a version from the singing of Bob Walser....and today popular in the Sea Music world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFgoBlT_YA Tim Radford (who has also been known to sing it!!) |
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04 Feb 20 - 07:19 PM (#4032275) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drinkin' Wine From: GUEST,big al whittle great track. loved the harmony singing. |
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07 Feb 20 - 01:52 PM (#4032795) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKING THAT WINE (from Kimber's Men) From: Jim Dixon This sounds like a sea chantey: the verses are sung by a single voice, the choruses by a group, all a cappella. This group seems to specialize in sea songs. Transcribed by me from Spotify: DRINKING THAT WINE As recorded by Kimber's Men on "Kimber's Men" and "See You When the Sun Goes Down," both 2010. 1. If my mama done ask for me, Tell her that death done summoned me. CHORUS: Y'oughta been there ten thousand years, drinking that wine, Drinking that wine, wine, wine, Drinking that wine, oh, yes, my Lord, Y'oughta been there ten thousand years, drinking that wine. 2. Down by the river gonna take a little walk. Me and my Lord gonna have a little talk. 3. Two white horses side by side, One o' them horses I'm gonna ride. 4. O Lord, please let me sleep Where the waters run cold and deep. 5. If my mama done ask for me, Tell her that death done summoned me. |
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07 Feb 20 - 02:17 PM (#4032801) Subject: Lyr Add: DRINKING THAT WINE(from J. B. Smith) From: Jim Dixon This is sung a cappella by one voice. Apparently a prison work song. My transcription from Spotify: DRINKING THAT WINE As recorded by J. B. Smith on "No More Good Time in the World for Me" (2018) (The album cover says: "Recorded by Bruce Jackson, Unit No. 2, Ramsey State Farm, Rosharon, TX, 1965-1966") 1. If-a my brother asks for me, Tell 'im that I went on Galilee. CHORUS: I ought to been there ten thousan' year, drinkin' that wine, Drinkin' that wine, wine, wine, Good ol' W-I-N-E, wine, I ought to been there ten thousan' year, drinkin' wine. 2. If-a my sister asks for me, Tell 'er that I went on Galilee. CHORUS [There is a bit of dialog at the end of the song where he explains: "Long as you want, you can go roun': brother, sister, or father, mother, anybody you want to."] |