Our Singing Country
Complete Text, Lyrics & Sheet Music
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Negro Gang Songs |
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2 Let us all sing together, 'gether on our knees. Let us all sing together on our knees.
Let us all bow down, good Lawd, an' face, face de risin' sun, Let us all sing together, 'gether on our knees.
4 Didn' ol' John wade the water, water on his knees? Didn' ol' John wade the water on his knees? Let us all bow down, good Lawd, an' face, face de risin' sun, Didn' ol' John wade the water, water on his knees? |
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MARTHY HAD A BABY
/ to /#. No. 693. Roscoe McLean, Florida State Penitentiary, Raiford, Fla., 1936. |
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r Marthy had a baby and she said 'twas mine, Marthy had a baby and she said 'twas mine, Marthy had a baby, Oo-hoo, Lordy Lord, she said 'twas mine.
2 It must have been the walker's,* 'cause it had blue eyes, (2) It must have been the walker's, Oo-hoo, Lordy Lord, she said 'twas mine.
* The "walking" boss, usually a white man.
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