29 Nov 98 - 12:51 AM (#47151) Subject: rev gary davis From: shawn_foster@sltrib.com anyone have lyrics and tab for the rev. gary davis song, ''sampson and delilah?'' |
29 Nov 98 - 08:30 AM (#47177) Subject: RE: rev gary davis From: Ralph Butts Shawn....... No, but I've seen it around, maybe Cowpie. Try looking for Dave Van Ronk - I think his version (w/tablature) is posted somewhere. .....Tiger |
29 Nov 98 - 01:07 PM (#47194) Subject: Lyr Add: SAMSON AND DELILAH (from Grateful Dead) From: Will From www.lyrics.ch (Grateful Dead version; note "p-less" spelling of Sampson) SAMSON AND DELILAH ------------------ If I had my way, I would tear this old building down. Well Delilah was a woman; she was fine and fair, She had good looks, God knows, and coal black hair, Delilah she gained old Samson's mind, When first he saw this woman, you know she looked so fine. Delilah she climbed up on Samson's knee Said tell me where your strength lies if you please She spoke so kind and she talked so fair And Samson said, Delilah cut off my hair. You can shave my head, clean as my hand And my strength will become as natural as any old man. If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way, I would tear this old building down. You read about Samson, ever since his birth He was the strongest man that ever had lived on earth So one day when Samson was walking along He looked down on the ground, he saw an old jawbone He stretched out his arm, God knows, chains broke like a thread When he got to moving, ten thousand was dead. If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way, I would tear this old building down. Now Samson and the lion, they got in a tack, Samson he crawled up on the lion's back You read about this lion, he killed a man with his paws But Samson he got his hands around that lion's jaws He ripped that beast till he killed him dead The bees made honey in the lion's head. If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way, I would tear this old building down. |
02 Apr 21 - 08:37 PM (#4100476) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Samson and Delilah (Rev. Gary Davis) From: GUEST,Rama5 A question that haunts me is Gary Davis sold the rights for Samson and Delilah to Peter Paul and Mary. How did Davis get the rights to a song recorded much earlier by Blind Willie Johnson originally? You can send a note to me by email: lwjbuck@gmail.com |
02 Apr 21 - 09:20 PM (#4100489) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Samson and Delilah (Rev. Gary Davis) From: cnd It was just his arrangement of the song he sold the rights to, I believe |
02 Apr 21 - 09:23 PM (#4100493) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Samson and Delilah (Rev. Gary Davis) From: GUEST,# https://singout.org/samson-and-delilah-if-i-had-my-way/ https://singout.org/samson-and-delilah-if-i-had-my-way/ |