Our Singing Country
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Hollers and Blues |
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5 aOh, Mamma, Mamma, why'n't you pray, Great Godamighty, for yo' child?
For the grand jury tryin' to have, Great Godamighty, him hung."
6 "Oh, son, oh, son, what in the world, Great Godamighty, you done.
For the grand jury tryin' to have, Great Godamighty, you hung?"
7 "Mamma, Mamma, you just pray. Great Godamighty, for me,
And I never will do wrong, Great Godamighty, no more.
8 "I ain't killed no man and I ain't robbed, Great Godamighty, no train,
And I ain't did no man, Great Godamighty, no crime." |
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PRISON MOAN*
£b. No. 270. Robert Higgins, State Prison, Raleigh, N.C., 1934. |
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i If I had a-listened what my mother said, I would V been home sleepin' in my cold iron bed;
2 But I bein' hardheaded an3 I would not min'. Yes, they caused me here with all this time.
*A hymnlike tune used as a prison holler. |
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