American Ballads and Folk Songs
Complete Text, Lyrics & Sheet Music
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American Ballads and Folk Songs
silence as the song swept on, growing in power toward the end, while Lightnin's eyes blazed, and he sang, "Great Godamighty!" |
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The accented words mark the recurrent ax or hoe strokes. The stanzas have this form—
He's a-choppin' in de new groun', He's a-choppin' in de new ground He's a-choppin' in de new groun', Great Godamighty. {Refrain that is repeated after every stanza.)
Verses He's choppin' Charley,
He's a-choppin' jes' to fool you,
He's a pool-doo fooler,
Well, I got a crane wing;
Well, my plirdner's got de same thing;
My blade is order made; [ 80 ] . |
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