Sing On, Brother, Sing - Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, & Adelyne Hood (1928) - Vídeo Dailymotion

"Sing On, Brother, Sing"   Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, & Adelyne Hood   Brunswick 3743   1928

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00:00I had a dream the other night, it filled me with an awful fright, I saw a ghost that said

00:29to me, I was countin' off your days, and I made up my mind right then, I swore I'd change

00:34my ways, I saw that ghost beside my bed, he looked at me and shook his head, and in his

00:44hand he had a book, a-markin' left and right, and what he wrote concerned me, oh lord, it

00:50was a fright, oh, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready,

00:57before the lord could call me home, oh, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready,

01:03I swore I'd get ready, before the judgment day to come.

01:07That ghost, he handed me the book, he said to me, just take a look, I saw a page for

01:31shootin' dice, and a page for every sin, and there was 40 pages more for nothin' else

01:37but sin, and then the ghost was gone at last, he left me thinkin' mighty bad, it seemed to

01:47me I seen a rope a-hangin' with a noose, and I got up and went outdoors to turn some chickens

01:53loose, oh, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready, before

01:59the lord could call me home, oh, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd

02:07get ready, before the judgment day to come. I swore I'd keep my conscience clear, sing

02:11on, brother, sing, a ghost done taught me how to fear, sing on, brother, sing, and if

02:17that ghost can read my mind, he'll find there ain't no doubt that I'll be lookin' for a chance

02:23to rub that writing out, oh, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get

02:31ready, before the lord could call me home, oh, I swore I'd get ready, I swore I'd get ready,

02:37I swore I'd get ready, before the judgment day to come.