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| 1. |
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I loves you,
, Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever And I'll be gladYes I loves you, , Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me With his hot hands If you can keep me I wants to stay here with you forever I've got my manI loves you, , Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my manSomeday I know he's coming to call me He's going to handle me and hold me So, it' going to be like dying, When he calls me But when he comes I know I'll have to goI loves you, , Don't let him take me Honey, don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my man |
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| 2. |
| 6:24 |
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Plain gold ring on his finger he wore
It was where everyone could see He belonged to someone, but not me On his hand was a plain gold band Plain gold ring has a story to tell It was one that I knew too well In my heart it will never be spring Long as he wears a plain gold ring Oh, oh When nighttime comes a' callin' on me I know why I will never be free I can't stop these teardrops of mine I'm gonna love him till the end of time Plain gold ring has but one thing to say I'll remember till my dying day In my heart it will never be spring Long as he wears a plain gold ring Plain gold ring on his finger he wore Plain gold ring on his finger he wore Plain gold ring on his finger he wore |
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| 3. |
| 6:41 |
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You people can watch while Im scrubbing these floors And Im scrubbin the floors while youre gawking Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell In this crummy southern town In this crummy old hotel But youll never guess to who youre talkin. No. you couldnt ever guess to who youre talkin. Then one night theres a scream in the night And youll wonder who could that have been And you see me kinda grinnin while Im scrubbin And you say, whats she got to grin? Ill tell you. Theres a ship The black freighter With a skull on its masthead Will be coming in You gentlemen can say, hey gal, finish them floors! Get upstairs! whats wrong with you! earn your keep here! You toss me your tips And look out to the ships But Im counting your heads As Im making the beds Cuz theres nobody gonna sleep here, honey Nobody Nobody! Then one night theres a scream in the night And you say, whos that kicking up a row? And ya see me kinda starin out the winda And you say, whats she got to stare at now? Ill tell ya. Theres a ship The black freighter Turns around in the harbor Shootin guns from her bow Now You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face Cause every building in town is a flat one This whole frickin place will be down to the ground Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound And you yell, why do they spare that one? Yes. Thats what you say. Why do they spare that one? All the night through, through the noise and to-do You wonder who is that person that lives up there? And you see me stepping out in the morning Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair And the ship The black freighter Runs a flag up its masthead And a cheer rings the air By noontime the dock Is a-swarmin with men Comin out from the ghostly freighter They move in the shadows Where no one can see And theyre chainin up people And theyre bringin em to me Askin me, Kill them now, or later? Askin me! Kill them now, or later? Noon by the clock And so still by the dock You can hear a foghorn miles away And in that quiet of death Ill say, right now. Right now! Then theyll pile up the bodies And Ill say, Thatll learn ya! And the ship The black freighter Disappears out to sea And On It Is Me |
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| 4. |
| 2:41 |
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Ron Vander Groef, Jackie Alper, Nina Simone
Old Jim Crow Where you been baby Down Mississippi and back again Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow What's wrong with you It ain't your name It's the things you do Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow You've been around too long Gotta work the devil 'Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow Yes, don't you know It's all over now It's all over now Old Jim Crow You know it's true When you hurt my brother You hurt me too Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow I thought I had you beat Now I see you walkin' And talkin' up and down my street Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow You've been around too long Gotta work the devil 'Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over All over Oh Lord, it's all over All over It's all over It's all over It's all over now. |
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| 5. |
| 5:31 |
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I left a note on his dresser
And my old wedding ring With these few goodbye words How can I sing Goodbye old sleepy head I'm packing you in like I saidTake care of everything I'm leaving my wedding ring Don't look for me I'll get a hand Remember darling Don't smoke in bedDon't look for me I'll get a hand Remember darling Don't smoke in bed |
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| 6. |
| 7:09 |
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Alex Comfort, Nina Simone
Oh Daughter, dear Daughter, Take warning from me And don't you go marching With the N-A-A-C-P. For they'll rock you and roll you And shove you into bed. And if they steal your nuclear secret You'll wish you were dead. (refrain:) Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay. Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay. Oh Mother, dear Mother, No, I'm not afraid. For I'll go on that march And I'll return a virgin maid. With a brick in my handbag And a smile on my face And barbed wire in my underwear To shed off disgrace. (Refrain) One day they were marching. A young man came by With a beard on his cheek And a gleam in his eye. And before she had time To remember her brick... They were holding a sit-down On a nearby hay rig. (Refrain) For meeting is pleasure And parting is pain. And if I have a great concert Maybe I won't have to sing those folk songs again. Oh Mother, dear Mother I'm stiff and I'm sore From sleeping three nights On a hard classroom floor. (Refrain) One day at the briefing She'd heard a man say, "Go perfectly limp, And be carried away." So when this young man suggested It was time she was kissed, She remembered her brief And did not resist. (Refrain) Oh Mother, dear Mother, No need for distress, For the young man has left me His name and address. And if we win Tho' a baby there be, He won't have to march Like his da-da and me. |
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| 7. |
| 4:59 |
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The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of itAlabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamAlabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamCan't you see it Can't you feel it It's all in the air I can't stand the pressure much longer Somebody say a prayerAlabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamThis is a show tune But the show hasn't been written for it, yetHound dogs on my trail School children sitting in jail Black cat cross my path I think every day's gonna be my lastLord have mercy on this land of mine We all gonna get it in due time I don't belong here I don't belong there I've even stopped believing in prayerDon't tell me I tell you Me and my people just about due I've been there so I know They keep on saying "Go slow!"But that's just the trouble "do it slow" Washing the windows "do it slow" Picking the cotton "do it slow" You're just plain rotten "do it slow" You're too damn lazy "do it slow" The thinking's crazy "do it slow" Where am I going What am I doing I don't know I don't knowJust try to do your very best Stand up be counted with all the rest For everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamI made you thought I was kiddin' didn't wePicket lines School boycotts They try to say it's a communist plot All I want is equality for my sister my brother my people and meYes you lied to me all these years You told me to wash and clean my ears And talk real fine just like a lady And you'd stop calling me Sister SadieOh but this whole country is full of lies You're all gonna die and die like flies I don't trust you any more You keep on saying "Go slow!" "Go slow!"But that's just the trouble "do it slow" Desegregation "do it slow" Mass participation "do it slow" Reunification "do it slow" Do things gradually "do it slow" But bring more tragedy "do it slow" Why don't you see it Why don't you feel it I don't know I don't knowYou don't have to live next to me Just give me my equality Everybody knows about Mississippi Everybody knows about Alabama Everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamThat's it! |
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