Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Now who’s gonna soothe you
When I’m gone
Who’s gonna soothe you
When I’m gone
Who’s gonna rock you
In the stormy night
When you’re scared with the trembles
And wrought with fright
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, a lusty one
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, your pappy’s son
Well, you got a pair of lunges
Just like a bull
And a stomach, what keeps eating
Till it’s full
But tell me
Along which ways I gonna run
Ain’t no big man boss
Gonna take my son
Boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, a lusty one
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, your pappy’s son
Now I hear about
This underground rail
They travel in the night
And they ain’t fail
I’ll take you
To a land where you can lift your head
If they make my child a slave
I’ll strike my baby dead
Boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, a lusty one
Oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, your pappy’s son
Ohhh boy
Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Hmmm-mmm…….
Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Now who’s gonna soothe you
When I’m gone
Who’s gonna soothe you
When I’m gone
Who’s gonna rock you
In the stormy night
When you’re scared with the trembles
And wrought with fright
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, a lusty one
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, your pappy’s son
Well, you got a pair of lunges
Just like a bull
And a stomach, what keeps eating
Till it’s full
But tell me
Along which ways I gonna run
Ain’t no big man boss
Gonna take my son
Boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, a lusty one
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, your pappy’s son
Now I hear about
This underground rail
They travel in the night
And they ain’t fail
I’ll take you
To a land where you can lift your head
If they make my child a slave
I’ll strike my baby dead
Boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, a lusty one
Oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
Oh-oh boy (hmmm-mmm-mmm)
You sure is, your pappy’s son
Ohhh boy
Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Hmmm-mmm-mmm
Hmmm-mmm…….
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2016/10/14 - 13:51
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Scritta da George “Tip” Tipton e Joseph “Tinker” Lewis
Nell’album intitolato “Moanin’ n’ Groanin’”, con Charlie Scott.
Ad alcune canzoni di questo album collaborò Fred Neil, ma non è chiaro se questa in particolare. Infatti ho trovato il testo del brano in Fred Neil Lyrics. Compiled by Robin Dunn & Chrissie van Varik
George Tipton, Joseph Lewis e il loro sodale Charlie Scott nei primi anni 60 collaborarono con il grande Harry Belafonte. E’ per questo che la canzone si trova da lui interpretata nell’album “Ballads, Blues And Boasters” del 1964.
Una canzone che parla di schiavitù, di fuga e di liberazione. E della celebre “Underground Railroad” – che abbiamo già conosciuto ampiamente su queste pagine – com’era chiamata l’organizzazione clandestina che aiutava gli schiavi neri fuggiaschi a raggiungere gli Stati del Nord degli USA e la libertà: “Ho sentito di questa Ferrovia Sotterranea / Dove si viaggia di notte / Figlio mio, io ti porterò là dove potrai vivere a testa alta / Se facessero del mio bambino uno schiavo / Io piuttosto lo ucciderei con le mie mani…”