Lead Belly Quotes

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• These ol' bars 'bout to break my back. Oh boys, can't you line 'em, Jack-a Jack-a. See Eloise go linin' track.
• Moses stood on the Red Sea shore. Smotin' that water with a two-by-four. If I could I surely would. Stand on the rock where Moses…
• Mary an' the baby lyin' in the shade. Thinkin' on the money I ain't made.
• Well you wake up in the morning, hear the ding dong ring. You go a-marching to the table, see the same damn thing.
• Well, it's on a one table, knife, a fork and a pan, and if you say anything about it, you're in trouble with the man.
• Let the midnight special, shine her light on me. Let the midnight special, shine her ever-loving light on me.
• If you ever go to Houston, you better walk right, you better not stagger, you better not fight.
• Sheriff Benson will arrest you, he'll carry you down and if the jury finds you guilty, penitentiary bound.
• Yonder come little Rosie, how in the world do you know. I can tell her by her apron, and the dress she wore.
• Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand. She goes a-marching to the captain, says, I want my man.

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