If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
Johnson, Robert
If I had possession, over judgment day
If I had possession, over judgment day
Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' wouldn't, have no right to pray
And I went to the mountain, lookin' as far as my eyes could see
And I went to the mountain, lookin' as far as my eyes would see
Some other man got my woman, and these lonesome blues got me
And I rolled and I tumbled and I, cried the whole night long
And I rolled and I tumbled and I, cried the whole night long
Boy, I woke up this mornin', my biscuit roller gone
Had to fold my arms and I, slowly walked away
(spoken: I didn't like the way she done)
Had to fold my arms and I, slowly walked away
I said in my mind, "Yo' trouble gon' come some day"1
Now run here, baby, set down on my knee
Now run here, baby, set down on my knee
I wanna tell you all about the way they treated me
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*) this is another version of the Mississippi
piece often known, though mostly with very
differing lyrics, as Rollin' And Tumblin'
(Rollin' And Tumblin', by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a.
Muddy Waters & Rolling And Tumbling, by Elmore James),
in many versions it's also known as Brownville Blues;
1) alternatively "I felt in my mind, your
trouble gon' come some day" instead of "I said in
my mind, "Yo, trouble gon' come some day" ".
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