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Been in De War So Long/Been in the War So Long/
Traditional Old-Time Spiritual;
ARTIST: from Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs By Olivia Solomon
Lyrics on-line: http://books.google.com/books?id=kGatbyIx-CUC&pg=PA47&lpg=PP1&dq=soloman+Tartt+
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CATEGORY: Traditional And Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s;
RECORDING INFO: Been in the War So Long
Brother Joe May/ Been In The War So Long
Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs By Olivia Solomon
OTHER NAMES: "I've Been in the War So Long"
SOURCES: Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs By Olivia Solomon
NOTES: "Been in de War So Long" is a spiritual in the The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection. The title is similar to "Been In the Storm So Long" but they are different songs. The song was recorded by legendary gospel singer of the 50's and 60's Brother Joe May (The Thunderbolt of the West) under the title, "Been In The War So Long" for Nashboro records.
Ruby Pickens Tartt, originally Ruby Stuart Pickens, daughter of Fannie West Short and William King Pickens, was born on January 13, 1880. Ruby S. Pickens married William Pratt Tartt on October 18, 1904. The couple had one child, Fannie Pickens Tartt Inglis, born on June 21, 1906. R. P. Tartt died on November 29, 1974 in York, Alabama and was buried in Myrtlewood Cemetery in Livingston, AL.
BEEN IN DE WAR SO LONG-Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs By Olivia Solomon
I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit,
I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit.
Well, my head been wet wid de midnight dew,
De fo' day star was a witness too.
I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit.
Do you want to know reason satan don't lac me?
I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit,
I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit.
I am de one dat God set free,
En I ain't tired yit.
My knees is acquainted wid de hillside clay,
Ain't got tired yit.
Feet placed on de rock of eternity,
Ain't got tired yit.
CHORUS: Oh, I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit,
Oh, I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit.
Oh Satan is mad an' I am glad,
Ain't got tired yit.
Missed a soul he thought he had,
Ain't got tired yit.
CHORUS: Oh, I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit,
Oh, I've been in de war so long, ain't got tired yit.
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