Non è una canzone contro la violenza materiale e morale della guerra ma un anelito ad una possibile eguaglianza economica con un esplicito riferimento Evangelico alla difficolta' che avranno i ricchi ad entrare nel Regno dei Cieli. ( ndr )
Lightnin’ Hopkins – ( 1912 – 1982 )
Original LP releases 1959 -1964
It’s a Sin to Be Rich, It’s a Low-Down Shame to Be Poor
You know that it's a sin to be rich but it's a low-down shame to be poor
It is a sin to be rich, you know that it's a low-down shame to be poor
You know a rich man ain't got a chance to go to heaven and a poor man got a hard way to go
You know I don't wanna be rich, I just wanna stay between rich and poor
No, I don't wanna be rich, I just wanna live between rich and poor
Yes, when I die you know I wanna go to heaven, that's when Po' Lightnin' will have a chance to go
Gabriel gonna be the next man to blow that trumpet, I wants to be there when he blow (blow, Gabriel)
Whoa, he gonna be the next man blow that trumpet, I wants to be there when po' Gabriel blow
Whoa, that's when the world be off with the people and I can lay there and rest for sure Everybody!
Original LP releases 1959 -1964
It’s a Sin to Be Rich, It’s a Low-Down Shame to Be Poor
You know that it's a sin to be rich but it's a low-down shame to be poor
It is a sin to be rich, you know that it's a low-down shame to be poor
You know a rich man ain't got a chance to go to heaven and a poor man got a hard way to go
You know I don't wanna be rich, I just wanna stay between rich and poor
No, I don't wanna be rich, I just wanna live between rich and poor
Yes, when I die you know I wanna go to heaven, that's when Po' Lightnin' will have a chance to go
Gabriel gonna be the next man to blow that trumpet, I wants to be there when he blow (blow, Gabriel)
Whoa, he gonna be the next man blow that trumpet, I wants to be there when po' Gabriel blow
Whoa, that's when the world be off with the people and I can lay there and rest for sure Everybody!
Contributed by Pluck - 2022/9/29 - 19:39
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