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Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
Traditional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter 1885-1949) ca. 1935. John A. Lomax/ Alan Lomax
Tom Waits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIJ0Yvpno4&feature=related
CATEGORY: Traditional Gospel;
DATE: 1900s; First Recorded in 1948 by Leadbelly
RECORDING INFO: Ain't Going Down to the/de Well No Mo' - Ledbetter, Huddie/Lomax, John
Leadbelly. Lomax, John & Alan Lomax (eds.) / Leadbelly. A Collection of World Famou, Folkways, sof (1959), p 8
Tom Waits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIJ0Yvpno4&feature=related
SOURCES: Folk Index;
NOTES: "Ain't Goin' Down To The Well" is attributed to Leadbelly but probably is a traditional gospel song he adapted. A banjo version by Tom Waits is on youtube.
Ain't Going Down to the Well No Mo'- Leadbelly
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well, momma to the well,
momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well, momma to the well,
momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down.
I'm a true believer, I'm a true believer, believer
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well, momma to the well,
momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down.
If I ever get able, if I ever get able, able, to pay this debt I owe
Ain't goin' down
I ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well,
momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well, momma to the well, momma to the well,
momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down.
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