Ain't That a Shame
Spiritual- Gospel;
ARTIST: Collected from Fabulous Gospel Allstars "All My Troubles Will Be Over" on Sav-All
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1900s; 1960
RECORDING INFO: Ain't That a Shame
Sensational Saints of Ohio Ain't That a Shame Message 1960
RELATED TO: "Sad How They Done My Lord" songs including: "Look How They Done My Lord" Ruth Cohen; "See How They Done My Lord"
OTHER NAMES: "Ain't That a Shame How They Done My Lord"
SOURCES: WFMU December 24, 2009
NOTES: "Ain't That a Shame" is a spiritual closely related to the "See How They Done My Lord" songs by Sensational Saints of Ohio on the Message label in 1960. The vamp section is not exact (incomplete) but close to the original.
AIN'T THAT A SHAME- Sensational Saints of Ohio
CHORUS: Ain't that a shame (ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
How they done my Lord (ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
Ain't that a shame (ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
How they *done my Lord (ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
You know they (hung on the cross)
Yes they did (just to die)
Oh, yes (hung on the cross, cut in His side)
Ain't it a shame,(Ain't that a shame)
Yes it was (Ain't that a shame)
Yeah (Ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
(repeat CHORUS:)
You know they (hung on the cross)
Yes they did (just to die)
Oh, yes (hung on the cross, cut in His side)
Ain't it a shame, (Ain't that a shame)
Yes it was (Ain't that a shame)
Yeah (Ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
You know they nailed his hands and staked him by the feet
(Bass vocal solo)
VAMP
Ain't that a shame (Ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
Ain't that a shame (Ain't that a shame how they done my Lord)
You know they whupped Him (they whupped Him)
Yes they did (they whupped Him)
He died (He died)
he died for me (He died)
He set the world,
He set the...
He set the...
*sometimes he sings "did"
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