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| 4:09 | ||||
Now, he jumped on the Pea
This is a man, he's seventy-five years old and leaves home When he leaves home he stay away three long years Then he come a-rackin back And while he was gone he had two little chillen Lil boy an a lil girl, wife at home Wife lies down an she dreams tonight That husband was comin' back She sit up on the side the bed one night She 'gan to sing, here what she said Dreamed last night and all night, night befo' Lord, I dreamed last night and all night, night befo' She dreamed last night and-a all night, night befo' Little boy jumped up and go in to his mama Said mama, said, 'What did you dream? Here what she says 'Heard your papa, knockin' on my do' Thought I heard your papa knockin' on my do' Heard your papa, knockin' on my do' She asked 'fore she would take him back And she was a good Christian She told her preacher, said 'I wouldn't take him back when he comes' But when he calmly walks to the do' to commence Knocks on his do' and commence to cryin' Cryin' babe, have I ever done you wrong? Lordy cried, my babe have I ever done you wrong? Lovin' babe, have I ever done you wrong? You know good 'n well, I'd had to have done wrong Been gone three long years and never wrote a speck Sent her a nickel of money And he sit down a'gin an cry a'gin Ya'll he said Ever I have honey, will you forgive me, please? Lord, ever have, will you forgive me , please? Ever I have Lord, will you forgive me, please? Girl, she wouldn't take him back When she heard him singin' out there She walked through the do' With her hands a-high in the air And she looked up to the God in the sky Here what she says You's a long time comin' A-honey but you will come here You's a long time comin' A-hon but you will come here You's a long time comin' Baby, but you will come here She sit down an tol her little boy His wife says, I want son to play the piano a piece Since you been gone so long Let him know what he's done learned Since you been gone And the little boy sit down, begin to play His little piano a piece (guitar sound piano) She sit down, she commence to cryin' Lordy, have mercy on me Oh Lord-y, have mercy on me Oh, someday another Lord, I may be free She had her another piece, little girl She told her little girl Get on the piano and play her piece But the last piece, the little girl comes out And kept playin' this. |
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| 2:15 | ||||
3. |
| 2:02 | ||||
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| 3:46 | ||||
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| 3:32 | ||||
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| 2:06 | ||||
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| 4:14 | ||||
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| 4:27 | ||||
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| 4:44 | ||||
10. |
| 3:09 | ||||
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| 4:03 | ||||
12. |
| 3:37 | ||||
Well the boll weevil and the little black bug
Come from a-Mexico they say Came all the way to Texas Just a-lookin' for a place to stay Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home (Doo-doo-wop-wop) Well the first time that I seen the boll weevil He was a-sittin' on the square Well the next time that I seen him He had his a-family there Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home (Doo-doo-wop-wop) Well the farmer took the boll weevil And he put him on the red hot sand Well the weevil said this is a-mighty hot But I take it like a man This will be my home, this will be my home Well the farmer took the boll weevil And he put him on a keg of ice Well the weevil said to the farmer This is mighty cool and nice This will be my home, this will be my home (Doo-doo-wop-wop) Well if anybody should ask you Who it was who sang this song Say a guitar picker from a-Oklahoma city With a pair of blue jeans on Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home (Doo-doo-wop-wop) |
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| 4:41 | ||||
14. |
| 3:32 | ||||
I told her no!
Baby you know I don't wanna go Justine I ain't goin' Down to no Red Cross store She come down Justine, tell me I wanna talk with you in just a little while Ain't you goin' down and fight for your wife and child? She come down here and she shook my hand She said Daddy I want you to go down there and fight for me like a man She said the Red Cross people they treat you mighty fine They mixing everything up with whiskey and wine She come down here talkin' to me about the war I told her baby I ain't done nothing to go there for She come down here and she fell down on her knees I said baby I have to look somewhere for your butter and cheese She said Daddy I just come down here to tell you so You better go running down to that Red Cross store |
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| 3:54 | ||||
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| 2:32 | ||||
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| 1:21 | ||||
18. |
| 3:07 | ||||
19. |
| 5:30 | ||||