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If I Had My |
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Way I'd Tear |
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This Building |
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Down 3: 09 |
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Blind Willie |
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Johnson(Joseph W. Johnson) |
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Recorded Dec 3, 1927 |
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Dallas, TX |
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Originally released 1928 |
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Album: Dark |
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Was The Night |
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Columbia Records |
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Transcription: |
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Well, if I had my way |
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I had-a, a wicked mind |
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If I had-a, ah |
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Lord, tear this building down |
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Weh-ell!Delilah was a woman fine an' fair |
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Her pleasant looks-a, her coal black hair |
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Delilah gained old |
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Samson's mind |
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A-first saw the woman that looked so fine |
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A-well went |
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Timnathy, |
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I can't tell |
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A daughter of |
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Timnathy, a-pleased him well |
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A-Samson told his father, ' |
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I'm goin a-a-a'(Help) me |
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LordIf I had my way |
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Well, if a had-a, a wicked world |
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If I had-a, ah |
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Lord, tear this building down |
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Weh-ell!Samson's mother replied to him' |
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Can't you find a woman of your kind and kin?'' |
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Samson, will you please your mother's mind?' |
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Go'd and married that-a |
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Philistine |
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Let me tell you what, old |
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SamsonWell, he roared at the lion, the lion run |
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Samson was the first man the lion attach |
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He caught the lion and got upon his 'ack |
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A-written that he killed a man with his |
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And Sampson had his hand in the lion's jaws |
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If I had my way |
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If I had-a, a wicked world |
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If I had-a, ah |
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Lord, tear this building down' |
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Well, your riddle please, a-tell it to me'' |
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A-how an eater became forth meat?'' |
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Well, your riddle please, a-tell it to me'' |
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A-how strong of it came forth sweet? |
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Deliah, got his army after him |
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Well, the bees made-a honey in the lion hair |
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Well, if I had my way |
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Well, if I had-a, a wicked world |
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If I had-a, ah |
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Lord, tear this building down |
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Sewed me tow knot, an' formed a plot |
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Not many days 'fore |
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Samson was caught |
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A-bind this hands whilst a-walkin' along |
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A-looked on the ground and found a lil' jawbone |
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He moved his arm ropes, a-pop like thread |
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Dropped those threads free, three thousand were dead |
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Lord, If I had my way |
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Well, if I had a, a wicked world |
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If I had a, ah |
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Lord, tear this building down |
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Weh-ell!Samson's trick though they never found out' |
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Till they began to wonder about |
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A-'till his wife sat up upon his knee' |
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A-tell me where your strength lie, if you please?' |
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Samson's wife she a-talked so fair |
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Told his wife cut off-a his hair' |
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Shave my head, clean as your hand' |
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Till I become a natural man!' |
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Lord, If I had my way |
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Well, if I had a, a wicked world |
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If I had a, ah |
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Lord, tear this building down.~ |