Old Riley (Hey Rattler)
Lead Belly| Original | Versione raccolta nel 1939 dai Lomax dalla voce di Moses ‘Clear R... |
| OLD RILEY (HEY RATTLER) Old Riley walked the water Well Old Riley walked the water On them, long, hot summer days Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Get 'em Rattler Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Old Riley, he's a long gone Old Riley, he's a long gone On them, long, hot summer days Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Get 'em boy Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Get 'em Rattler Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Well, Old Riley left here walking Old Riley left here walking On them, long, hot summer days Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Get 'em boy Here Rattler, here Rattler, here Rattler, here Well, Old Riley he's a long gone Old Riley, he's a long gone On them, long, hot summer days Old Riley gone like a turkey through the corn Here Rattler, here Old Riley gone like a turkey through the corn Here Rattler, here Old Reilly gone like a turkey through the corn Here Rattler, here Get 'em boy Old Riley gone like a turkey through the corn Here Rattler, here Well Old Riley walked the water Old Riley walked the water On them, long, hot summer days Old Riley gone with his long clothes on Here Rattler, here Old Riley gone with his long clothes on Here Rattler, here Old Riley gone like a turkey through the corn Here Rattler, here Old Riley gone like a turkey through the corn Here Rattler, here Get 'em boy! | OLD RATTLER Here, Rattler, here, Rattler, here! Here's old Rattler, here, Rattler, here! Oh, believe to my soul that a nigger's gone, here, Rattler, here! Believe to my soul that de nigger's gone, here, Rattler, here! Went right down through the corn, here, Rattler, here! Think I heard a horn blow, here, Rattler, here! Tryin' to find a way that nigger must go, here, Rattler, here! He tripped this time, he can trip no more, here, Rattler, here! I'm goin' take him through the biggest fold, here, Rattler, here! He's gone where the good niggers go, here, Rattler, here! I heard the horn blow, Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! I think I heard the horn blow, here, Rattler, here! I heered the horn blow, Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! Rattler, here's a beef bone, here, Rattler, here! You can eat it, you can leave it alone, here, Rattler, here! You can eat it till the day's all gone, here, Rattler, here! What is the matter with the niggers today? Here, Rattler, here! Everyone is runnin' away, here, Rattler, here! Rattler, here's a beef bone, here, Rattler, here! You can eat it, you can leave it alone, here, Rattler, here! Take it till we cut all the corn, here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! That old Rattler's comin' along; here, Rattler, here! There's the blowin' of the horn, here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! That old Rattler's comin' along; here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! Jes' put that nigger right up a tree, here, Rattler, here! Runnin' so full he dodged(?) a knee, here, Rattler, here! Run so full he dodged a knee, here, Rattler, here! Master says he blow that horn, here, Rattler, here! You killed a spade, that nigger is gone, here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Here, Rattler, here! |
