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Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves/Adam in the Garden/ Eve and Adam
Taditional Old-Time, Bluegrass Gospel;
ARTIST: Alberta Bradford & Becky Elsey 1934; New Lost City Ramblers; Same text in Lomax- Our Singing Country
CATEGORY: Traditional Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; First Recorded 1934 (field recording, Alberta Bradford & Becky Elsey)
RECORDING INFO: Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves
Alberta Bradford & Becky Elsey, "Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves" (AFS 105 B1, 1934)
McIntosh County Shouters, "Eve and Adam" (on McIntosh1)
New Lost City Ramblers, "Adam in the Garden" (on NLCR10) (1978), trk# 4
OTHER NAMES: "Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves," "Eve and Adam"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 126-127, "Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves" (1 text, 1 tune)
Courlander-NFM, pp. 43-44, (no name) (partial text)
Silber-FSWB, p. 24, "Adam In The Garden Pinning Leaves" (1 text)
DT, ADAMGRDN
Roud #15647
Our Singing Country- Lomax No. 105. Alberta Bradford, 72, and Becky Elsy, 86. Avery Island, La., 1934. Text partly from Me, p. 37.
NOTES: "Adam in the Garden Pinning Leaves" is a traditional gospel song collected in 1934. The mention of Adam making clothing of fig leaves occurs in the Bible in Gen. 3:7; God comes after Adam in 3:8-9. The siege of Jericho is described in Joshua 6, with a foreshadowing in Joshua 2.
One African-American spiritual version has a response line: "pinnin' leaves."
Oh Eve where is Adam?
Pinnin' leaves.
Adam in de garden,
Pinnin' leaves.
Lord called Adam
Pinnin' leaves. (etc.)
The McIntosh County Shouters (African-American group) spiritual version has a response line: "pickin' up leaves."
Adam in the Garden- McIntosh County Shouters
CHORUS (slowly): Oh Eve, where is Adam?
Oh Eve, Adam in the garden pickin' up leaves.
(Fast) (solo) God called Adam
(group) Pickin' up leaves
(solo) He sayin', "Adam."
(group) Pickin' up leaves
(solo)Why God call you?
(group) Pickin' up leaves
(solo) Why don't you answer?
(group) Pickin' up leaves
(solo) Who told you Adam,
(group) Pickin' up leaves
(solo) That you were naked,
(group) Pickin' up leaves
(solo) Adam is 'shamed,
(group) Pickin' up leaves
ETC. [these are the important verses- mostly repeated]
ADAM IN THE GARDEN PINNING LEAVES- NLCR
Our Singing Country- Lomax No. 105. Alberta Bradford, 72, and Becky Elsy, 86. Avery Island, La., 1934. Text partly from Me, p. 37.
CHORUS: Oh Eve, where's Adam?
Oh Eve, where's Adam?
Oh Eve, where's Adam?
Adam in the garden pinning leaves.
Well, I know my God is a man of war,
Adam in the garden pinning leaves.
He fought the battle at the Jericho wall,
Adam in the garden pinning leaves.
Well, the first time God called, Adam refused to answer,
Adam in the garden pinning leaves,
Well, the first time God called, Adam refused to answer,
Adam in the garden pinning leaves,
The next time God called, God hollered louder,
Adam in the garden pinning leaves,
The next time God called, God hollered louder,
Adam in the garden pinning leaves.
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