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37 Cards in this Set
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Ooh (Summertime)
Women Pages 16 - 17 |
Pages 16 - 17
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Roll dem bones Men
Mingo sings "Oh, nobody knows when de Lord is goin' to call" Roll dem bones, roll! (3x) Oh my brudder (3x) Roll dem bones! (2x) Roll! Roll! Pages 18 - 21 |
Pages 18 - 21
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A man's go a right to play (pg 28)
Seven come seven come to pappy, Throw dat beautiful number, Come seven to men, yeah man (solo pg 32) I'll bet yo' wrong, (solo 2, pg 33) I'll bet he's right, (solo 3) Gettin' hot! (solo 4) Come seven! (solo 1) Shoot! (all) Made it (group 1, pg 34) He made it! (group 2) Ol' man seven come down from heaven! (all) Pages 28 - 34 |
Pages 28 - 34
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Yes, a woman is a sometime thing (2x)
Hello, Peter! (pg. 43) Love you an' deceive you, Take you' clo'es an leve you, cause (pg 60) Yes, a woman is a some time thing. Pages 39 - 61 |
Pages 39 - 61
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Crown cockeyed drunk,
he can't tell dice from a watermelon; Pages 73 - 74 |
Pages 73 - 74
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(women) Oh stop them, someone will get hurt!
(men) Crown is drun! Robbins got no chance, oh Robbins got no chance! (women) Why must people fight? (men) Crown is a bad, bad bizness when he's drunk! (ladies repeat) (men) Stomething mighty bad is boun' to happen! (women) Why mus' they fight, won' somebody please goin' stop them now! (men) Hold dem back! Won't someone hol' dem back, someone hol' dem back! Pages 82 - 88 |
Pages 82 - 88
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(men pg. 93) Robbins is gone, Yes suh! He's got no chance! No suh!
(women) Can't anybody make Crown stop. (2x) (all) Lawd, please make dem stop! Pages 93 - 94 |
Pages 93 - 94
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(f solo) Where is brudder Robbins?
(all) He's a Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. (f solo) I seen him in de mornin' wid his work clo'es on. (all) But he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. (m solo) An' I seen him in the noontime straight an' tall, But death a'come a-walkin' in the evenin' fall. Pages 108 - 118 |
Pages 108 - 118
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(all) An' he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.
(f solo) An' death touched Robbins wid a silver knife. (all) An' he's gone, gone ... (m solo) Ane' he's sittin' in de garden by de tree of life. (all) An' he's gone, gone ... Robbins is gone. hmm, gone, gone ... (Serene, Bess and Maria solo over) Pages 118 - 121 |
Pages 118 - 121
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(solo) Come on sister, come on brudder, fill up de saucer till it overflow, (chorus) overflow, overflow, fill up de saucer till it overflow, overflow.
(solo) Cause de Lawd will meet you; Yes, de Lawd will meet you at de courthouse do', (chorus) Courthouse do', courthouse do' de Lawd will meet you at de courthouse do', courthouse do'! Pages 121 - 127 |
Pages 121 - 127
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Oh, he's gone, gone, gone ...
(pg. 131) Overflow,, overflow, Oh, fill up de saucer till it overflow; (sop & ten) Ev'rybody helpin' now sendin' our brudder to Heaven. (pg. 134) (Alt.1 B1) Robbins is risin', oh, Robbins is risin' oh, Robbins is risin' to heaven. Page 127 - 136 |
Page 127 - 136
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(S & T) Overflow, overflow, oh fill up de saucer till it overflow. Ev'rybody helpin' now, sendin' our brudder to Heaven, Oh, Lawd, oh Lawd, send down yo' blessing, ... till it overflow
(A & B start 3 measures later) Overflow, overflow,oh fill up de saucer till it overflow. Sed down yo' angels, Lawd, oh Lawd, Lawd, oh Lawd, Lawd take Robbins to your Heaven, Lawill fill de saucer, (2x) over, overflow, oh. |
Pages 136 - 142
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Gone, gone, gone, gone
Pages 152 - 153 |
Pages 152 - 153
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MY MAN'S GONE NOW
Since she lose her man. Ah, ah, ... Pages 157 - 161 |
Pages 157 - 161
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Oh, he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.
Page 165 |
Page 165
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Leavin' today, (2x)
Headin' for the Promise' Lan'. Keep that drivin' wheel a rollin', rollin', ... Until we meet our brudder in the Promised' Lan', in the Promise' Lan' (A & B) Oh, we're leavin' for the Promise' Lan', and you better get on board, all you sinners, oh, you better get on board, 'cause we're (S & T) Oh, we're leavin' for the promis' land ad you better get on board all you sinner, oh, you better get on board, cause we're leavin' ... OH. Pages 166 - 183 |
Pages 166 - 183
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(A & B) Oh we're leavin' for the Promise' Lan'
(S & T divided on "wah") (all) leavin' for the Promise' Lan' Keep that drivin' wheel a rollin' rollin' ... Until we meet our brudder in the Promise' Lan'. Pages 184 - 187 |
Pages 184 - 187
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(Jake) It take a long pull
(Men) to get there, huh! (3x) In de Promise' Lan'. (Repeat) It take a long pull to get ther, huh! (3x) But I'll anchor in de Promise' Lan'. Pages 191 - 194 |
Pages 191 - 194
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(Porgy) I Got Plenty of Nuttin' (women) Porgy change sing dat woman come to live with he.
(all) He ain' cross with chillen no more, an' ain' you hear how he an' Bess all de time singin' in their room? Happy. Hm, hm ... Pages 200 - 207 Got his gal, got hi Lawd. |
Pages 200 - 207
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Lord, Lord, listen what she say, dat gal's thirty if she's a day. Sho' she do, sho' she do, Yes suh, yes suh, sho' she do!
Pages 219 - 220 |
Pages 219 - 220
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Dat's a complication (2x) Lord, Lord.
Woman to lady (2x) Lord, Lord, Woman to lady! Pages 223 - 227 |
Pages 223 - 227
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Drive um off, don't let um light, chase away that buzzard.
Buzzard, keep on flyin', Never come again Page 236 Page 243 |
Page 236
Page 243 |
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Oh, I can't sit down! Got to keep a goin' like de flowin' of a song. Oh, I can't sit down! Guess I'll take my honey an' her sunny smile along! Today I is gay an' I's free, Jes' a bubblin', nothin' troublin' me. Oh' I's gwine to town. I can't sit down.
Pages 262 - 264 |
Pages 262 - 264
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Happy feelin' in my bones a stealin' no concealin' Dat it's picnic day.
Sho' is dandy, got de licker handy, Me an' Mandy we is on de way 'cause dis is picnic day. Pages 265 - 266 |
Pages 265 - 266
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Oh, I can't sit down! Got to keep a jumpin' to de thumpin' of de drum! Oh I can't sit down, Full of locomotion like an ocean full of rum! Today I is gay an' I's free, Jes' a n' me. Oh, I's gwine to town. I can't, jes' can't sit down
Pages 267 - 270 |
Pages 267 - 270
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I ain't got no shame doin' what I like to do. (2x) Sun ain' got no shame, Moon ain' got no shame, So I ain' got no shame doin' what I like to do. Ha da da (x's)
Pages 279 - 284 |
Pages 279 - 284
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It ain't necessarily so,
Li'l David was small, but oh my! Wadoo Zim bam boddleoo Hoodle ah da wa da Scatty way Oh, Johah he lived in de whale Li'l Moses was ound in a stream Wadoo .... Methus'lah lived nine hundred years. It ain't ... I'm preachin' dis sermon to show, It ain't nessa, ain't nessa ... Pages 285 - 299 |
Pages 285 - 299
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Long pull to get there, Huh! (3x) but I'll anchor in de Promis' Lan'.
Pages 325 - 327 |
Pages 325 - 327
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(6 solos) Oh, Doctor Jesus ...
(all) Lawd, hab mercy. Pages 365 - 378 |
Pages 365 - 378
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Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens an' de Lawd rock de groun', Ah.
(sop) An' where you goin' stand, my brudder an my sister, when de sky come a tumblin' down. (all) Oh de sun goin' to rise in de wes' And' de moon goin' to set in de sea. An' de stars goin' to bow befor' my Lawd Who died on Calvarie. Oh, de Lawd, raise de water an' de hypocritic drown sop) An' where you goin' stand, my brudder an my sister, when de sky come a tumblin' down. (all) Oh de sun goin' to rise in de wes' And' de moon goin' to set in de sea. An' de stars goin' to bow befor' my Lawd Who died on Calvarie. Lawd hab mercy on our soul. ... Pages 379 - 395 |
Pages 379 - 395
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Oh dere's somebody knockin' at de do (2x) Oh Mary,Oh Marta. dere's somebody knockin' at de do.
Pages 397 - 405 |
Pages 397 - 405
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An where you goin' stan', my brudder an' my sister, when de sky come a tumblin' down
Pages 414 - 419 Similar to 379 - |
Pages 414 - 419
Similar to 379 - |
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(Crown) A red-headed women
(all) Lawd, Lawd, save us, don't listen to dat Crown. Lawd Jesus, Oh, pay no min' to Crown. Oh Lawd, strike him down, |
Pages 424 428
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(6 solos) Oh Doctor Jesus ...
Pages 435 - 445 |
Pages 435 - 445
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Clara, Clara don't you be down-hearted. Clara, Clara don't you be sad an' lonesome, Jesus is walkin' on dewater, rise up an' follow Him home.
Jake, Jake ... Pages 447 - 452 |
Pages 447 - 452
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as,Goodmornin' sistuh, Good mornin' brudder. How are you did very lovely mornin?
(children) La, la, sure to go to heaven. Yes you boun' to go to heaven, If yo' good to yo' mammy an' yo' pappy, Wash yo' face an' make dem happy den you'll be St. Peter's lovable chile. (choir) Welcome home Porgy we're all so glad you is back again. Pages 512 - 524 |
Pages 512 - 524
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Where you goin' Porgy?
(Porgy) Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (chorus) I'm on my way to a Heav'nly Lan'. I'll ride dat long, long road, If you are there to guide my han'. Oh Lawd, I'm on my way... Pages 553 - 559 |
Pages 553 - 559
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