CORRINNA, CORRINNA
(John Hurt)
1.- Corrinna, Corrinna
where did you stay last night?
Corrinna, Corrinna
where did you stay last night?
Come in this morning,
sun was shining bright.
2.- I left Corrinna, way across the sea
way across the sea.
I left Corrinna, way across the sea
way across the sea.
She won´t write no letter,
she don´t care for me.
3.- Corrinna, Corrinna
where did you stay last night?
Corrinna, Corrinna
where did you stay last night?
Come in this morning,
sun was shining bright.
4.- I love Corrinna
tell the world I do.
I love Corrinna
tell the world I do.
Don´t love nobody
in the world but you.
5.- Corrinna, Corrinna
where did you stay last night?
Corrinna, Corrinna
where did you stay last night?
Come in this morning,
sun was shining bright.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME
(Jimmy Reed)
1.- Well I tried to tell you baby
but there ain´t no sense
now you got me baby
up against that fence
Shame, shame, shame!
Shame, shame the way you do!
Shame, shame, shame!
Shame on you!
2.- Well you walk out in the evening,
don´t even say you´ve gone
it´s six o´clock in the morning
you come walkin´ home.
Shame, shame, shame!
Shame, shame the way you do!
Shame, shame, shame!
Shame on you!
3.- Well I´ll be sittin´ there
waiting for you to come home
when I wake up baby
sittin´ there all alone,
shame, shame, shame!
Shame, shame the way you do!
Shame, shame, shame!
Shame on you!
SITTIN´ ON TOP OF THE WORLD
(Sonny Terry & Brownie Mc Ghee)
1.- It was in the spring
one sunny day
my good pal left me,
Lord he went away!
And now he´s gone
and I don´t worry
`cause I´m sittin´ on the top of the world.
2.- He called me up
from down in "El Paso"
said "come back mama
Lord I need you so".
And now he´s gone
and I don´t worry
`cause I´m sittin´ on the top of the world.
3.- Ashes to ashes
dust to dust
show me a man
a woman can trust.
And now he´s gone...
4.- Mississippi river,
long, deep and wide
the man I´m lovin´
is on the other side.
And now he´s gone...
5.- Don ´t you come here runnin´
pockin out your hands,
I´ll get me a pal
like you got your girl.
And now he´s gone...
SEE SEE RIDER
(Gertrude Ma´ Rainey)
VERSE: I´m so unhappy, I feel so blue
I always feel so bad.
I made a mistake right from the start
though it seems to hard to part.
About this letter that I will write
I hope he will remember when he receives it.
1.- See, see rider
see what you have done,
made me love you
now your girl done come.
Well you made me love you
now your girl done come.
2.- I´m goin´ away baby
won´t be back till Fall.
Goin´ away baby
won´t be back till Fall.
I´ll find me a good man
and won´t be back at all.
3.- I´m gonna buy me a pistol
just as long as I am tall,
kill my man and
catch the Cannon Ball.
If he don´t want me
he won´t have no girl at all.
LAST FAIR DEAL
(Robert Johnson)
1.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,
it´s the last fair deal goin´ down,
it´s the last fair deal goin´ down, good Lord
on this Gulfport Island Road.
2.- Please, Ida belle, don´t cry this time,
Ida belle, don´t cry this time,
if you cry about a nickel you´ll die about a dime,
it ain´t nothing that money can buy.
3.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,...
4.- I love the way you do,
I love the way you do,
I love the way you do, good Lord
on this Gulfport Island Road.
5.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,...
6.- My captain is so mean on me,
my captain is so mean on me,
my captain is so mean on me, good Lord
on this Gulfport Island Road.
7.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,...
8.- I´m working my way back home,
I´m working my way back home,
I´m working my way back home, good Lord
on this Gulfport Island Road.
9.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,...
10.- And that thing don´t keep singin´ so soon,
that thing don´t keep singin´ so soon,
that thing don´t keep singin´ so soon, good Lord
on this Gulfport Island Road.
11.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,...
12.- It´s the last fair deal goin´ down,...
MUSIC IN THE AIR
(Sister Rosetta Tharpe)
INTRO: I hear music
mighty fine music,
I hear music,
music in the air!!!
1.- Up above my head
I hear music in the air.
Up above my head
I hear music in the air.
Up above my head
I hear music in the air.
I really do believe, I really do believe
There is Heaven somewhere!
Heaven somewhere!
2.- In my room
I hear music in the air.
In my room
I hear music in the air.
head In my room
I hear music in the air.
I really do believe, I really do believe
There is Heaven somewhere!
Heaven somewhere!
3.- In my home
I hear music in the air...
4.- Oh early in the morning
I hear music in the air...
5.- Oh early in the midnight hour
I hear music in the air...
6.- It will be so sad
With no music in the air...
WHAT´S THE MATTER WITH THE MILL
(Memphis Minnie)
1.- Well I had a little corn and I put in a sack
down to the mill and it come right back.
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!
I can´t get no grindin´
tell me what´s the matter with the mill!
2.- Well the people keeps talking all over the town
tellin´ that the mill has done broke down.
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!
I can´t get no grindin´
tell me what´s the matter with the mill!
3.- Now listen here folks I don´t want no stuff
you can´t bring me my meal, bring me their husk.
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!...
4.- Well my papa said try and my brothers too
they both been to the mill, they can´t get nothing to do.
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!...
5.- Now listen here folk, I want you to bear this in mind
if you´re going to the mill, you´re just loosing your time.
What´s the matter with the mill?
It´s done broke down!...
HAND IT OVER
(Keb´ Mo´)
1.- If your problems
won´t go away
and you´re worried
both night and day
hand it over (hand it over)
get on your knees and pray.
2.- If you´re sick
feeling low
got no money
got nowhere to go
hand it over (hand it over)
get on your knees and pray.
CHORUS: Hand it over, (hand it over)
hand it over, (hand it over)
give it up, (give it up)
give it over,
hand it over, (hand it over)
get on your knees and pray.
BRIDGE: Ain´t no mountain
you can´t climb
ain´t no answer
you can´t find
all you need is a hand to hold
it´ll heal your body
and feed your soul.
3.- If the road is dark
and you can´t find your way
just let the spirit light the way
hand it over (hand it over)
get on your knees and pray.
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
(Rev. Gary Davis)
CHORUS: Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Twelve gates to the city, Hallelu!
Three gates in the east
Three gates in the west
Three gates up in the north
Three gates down in the south
Making it twelve gates to the city, Hallelu!
CHORUS: Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Twelve gates to the city, Hallelu!
Who are those children
All dressed in red?
They must be the children
That Moses led
When I get to Heaven
I'm gonna sing an shout
Ain't nobody up there
Gonna take me out
`Cause He built twelve gates to the city, Hallelu!
CHORUS: Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Twelve gates to the city, Hallelu!
CHORUS: Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Oh! What a beautiful city!
Twelve gates to the city, Hallelu!
GOODNIGHT IRENE
(Leadbelly)
1.- I asked my mother for you
she told me that you was too young
I wish the dear Lord that I´d never seen your face,
I´m sorry, and that you´ve never been born.
CHORUS: Irene goodnight,
Irene goodnight,
goodnight Irene
goodnight Irene
I see you in my dreams.
2.- Sometimes I live in the country,
sometimes I live in town,
sometimes I have no great notions
to jump into the river and drown.
CHORUS: Irene goodnight,...
3.- Stop ramblin´ and stop gamblin´
couldn´t stay out late at night
go home unto your wife and family
sit out by the fire-sight bright.
CHORUS: Irene goodnight,...
4.- I love Irene, God knows I´ll do
I love her till the sea does dry
but if Irene should turn her back on me
I´m gonna take morphine and die.
CHORUS: Irene goodnight,...
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