Does anyone know of any lyrics to this tune?
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If it ain't been in a pawn shop, it can't play the blues - Frank Edwards, holding a Silvertone guitar (two pickups) and harmonica on a neckrack
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Doug
I'm busy trying to get the lyrics of some of Reverend Gary Davis' songs, and most of them are pretty understandable. But there's a couple that stump me. Off of his CD "A Little More Faith", Davis does the song "I'll Be All Right Someday".
Anyone know what he's singing in the second verse (where I have "words sigmund shells", which it obviously isn't)? Here's what I have: I'll be All Right Someday (chorus:) I?ll be all right; I?ll be all right I?ll be all right someday Yes in my heart I do believe I?ll be all right someday If Jesus Christ I want to find Pray tell me where he is It is him alone can ease my mind And give my conscience ease Chorus Words Sigmund shells (??) I?ll tell him by from any other man He will salvation on his brow And in his arm a lamb Chorus I thank you friends for your advice I?ll find him if I can And if I do, I will rejoice Ohh, Christ is friend to man (spoken to guitar: Great God? uh huh? yeah) I?m going home, I am going home I?m going home someday And in my heart I do believe I?m going home someday (spoken to guitar: Talk to me now? yeah?... one more time then quit now? yeah?) Doug
Here's another RGD song I'm having problems with. It's "Angel?s Message to me" off of Complete Early Recordings. Even though he repeats it like fifty times in the song I can't get the fourth line in the chorus. And I don't have the second verse.
Thanks for the help! "Angel's Mesage to Me" (from Complete Early Recordings) I?m going home to see my Jesus I?m going home to see my Lord I?m going home to see my Jesus When I?m ? I?m going home to see my Jesus I?m going home to see my Lord I?m going home to see my Jesus When I?m ? Oh Angel tried to keep your help And God to glorify And never dying soul to save Is headed for the sky Chorus Yeah I?ll meet my jealous carer? And on thyself rely And surely I?m a trustfor tree? I shall forever die Chorus Many times I?m going along Don?t know what to do or say I cast my cares to Jesus And ask him to teach me to pray Chorus Moan on sister moan on Won?t be very long Will be sitting in glory Won?t have to weep and moan Chorus If your brother don?t like you Don?t take his name abroad Just seal it in your bosom And carry it to your Lord This is from memory, so there might be a couple of prepositions wrong, but this should be basically right:
I?m going home to see my Jesus I?m going home to see my Lord I?m going home to see my Jesus When I?m ? I?m going home to see my Jesus I?m going home to see my Lord I?m going home to see my Jesus There's a mansion up there for me. Oh Angel tried to keep your help And God to glorify And never dying soul to save Is headed for the sky A charge to keep our health A God to glorify And never sell his soul to Satan Save it for his God. This next verse I'm not sure of the first 2 lines: Yeah I?ll meet my jealous carer? And on thyself rely But: And surely I?m a trustfor tree? I shall forever die is And surely I my trust betray I shall forever die. Chris Doug
Thanks for your huge help, Chris! Your suggestions (mansion up there for me, a charge to keep our health, surely I my trust betray) make a lot of sense, and even better, now I can hear them!
I now think the first two verses are from a Charles Wesley hymn, "A Charge to Keep I Have". Wesley was a very popular hymn writer who lived in the 1700s. The first verse of the hymn is: A charge to keep I have A God to glorify A never dying soul to save And fit it for the sky Which I think, is what RGD sings for his first verse. Another two verses of the hymn go: Arm me with jealous (sometimes: watchful) care As in Thy sight to live And now Thy servant, Lord prepare A strict account to give Help me to watch and pray And on thyself rely Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall forever die. It sounds to me like Davis took the first line from one verse and joined it with the three from the other, so what he sings would be: (Yeah) Arm me with jealous care And on thyself rely And surely I my trust betray I shall forever die Doug --
I'm glad you found those hymn lyrics, cause that one verse had stumped me for a long time. Chris That certainly does clear up those first two verses. I never could make those out in a way that was satisfying...
Words Sigmund shells (??) What signal shall I tell him by From any other man? He wears salvation on his brow And in his arm a lamb I tell ya... once you start to hear 'Sigmund' in there, it's hard to get it out of your ears! Doug
What signal shall I tell him by Thanks frankie, that makes a lot more sense! I tell ya... once you start to hear 'Sigmund' in there, it's hard to get it out of your ears! Don't I know it! I'm not sure how many times I listened to that phrase, and I just couldn't get it... Thanks again! LoneWolf
Could someone please find me the lyrics to this song? English is not my native language and it's hard for me to understand some parts...
This song was also performed by Mance Lipscomb on the album "You got to reap just what you sow". THANKS! LoneWolf
If you never heard the song, you can download it from here:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=5BA1088E6DED6FF3 I'll appreciate your help!:) Here you go, great tune and a good way to start Sunday morning. This is from the Say No To The Devil recording. Apart from verse 1 I've transcribed the only first lines, the other verses take the same form as the first verse. The only other recording I have of it is the Golden Gate Quartet which has beautiful singing and fewer verses.
Lord I looked down the road and I wonder And I wonder, and I wonder, and I wonder Lord a long way from home And I buckled up my shoes and I started Well I lost a lot of my friends since I started Then I been made made to cry since I started Well I have been going hongry since I started Well I looked down the line and saw my mother Well I looked down the line and saw my father <break> Well I've been in a lot of trouble since I started Said I had a hard way to go since I started <stop time break> Well I... Lord... Yeah? Yeah? Well I been in trouble since I started Well I had steep hill to climb since I started Well I'm wading mighty deep water since I started.
Tags: Rev. Gary Davis
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