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I've Been Buked and Scorned/ Buked and Scorned/Heaven and Hell
Traditional Old-Time Spiritual;
ARTIST: From American Ballads and Folk Songs- Lomax 1934 (Sung at Parchman Mississippi by an enthusuiastic group the lyrics vary because some stanzas were obtained elsewhere)
YOUTUBE: Odetta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdllgBtXPaE
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; Tuskegee Singers Feb. 14, 1916
RECORDING INFO: Buked and Scorned
Mahalia Jackson
Grossman, Bob. Bob Grossman, Elektra EKL 215, LP (1961), trk# A.04
Odetta. Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, Tradition TLP 1010/TCD 1, CD (1996/1956), trk# 7
Odetta and Larry. Odetta and Larry, Fantasy 3252/3345, LP (1959), trk# B.05 (I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned)
Lomax-ABFS, pp. 588-591, "Hell and Heaven" (1 text, 1 tune, composite)
RELATED TO: "Not A Gonna Lay My Religion Down" "Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down"
OTHER NAMES: "Heaven and Hell (Lomax)" "Buked and Scorned"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Ballad Index; Lomax-ABFS, pp. 588-591, "Hell and Heaven" (1 text, 1 tune, composite) Tuskegee Institute Singers, "I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned" (Victor 18447, 1918)
NOTES: "Heaven and Hell" or "Buked and Scorned" or "I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned" is a traditional African-American spiritual collected by John and Allen Lomax and published in their American Ballads and Folk Songs book in 1943. The footnote with the song says: "Sung at Parchman Mississippi by an enthusuiastic group the lyrics vary because some stanzas were obtained elsewhere."
The first recording was from the Tuskegee Singers recording on Victor Records on Feb. 14, 1916 (released 1918). It was in the repertoire of Mahalia Jackson and was used in the 1960's Civil Right movement as an anthem. Harry Belafonte recorded the song in 1960, Bob Grossman in 1961, and Odetta has a great version on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdllgBtXPaE
The song appeared in print in the 1888 book, "In Old Alabama: Being the Chronicles of Miss Mouse, the Little Black Merchant" By Anne Hobson, Carol McPherson, Doubleday, Page & Company.
AIN'T GWINE LAY MY 'LIGION DOWN
I been 'buked en I been scorned,
I been 'buked en I been scorned,
I been 'buked en I been scorned,
I been talked 'bout sho' ez you bawn.
CHORUS: I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down,
I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down,
I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down,
Dark cloud risin' an' I'm so fer fum home,
Lawd, I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down.
I'VE BEEN BUKED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED- Tuskegee Singers Feb. 14, 1916
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I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I been 'buked and I been scorned, children,
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I've been talked about sure as your born.
I Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down
Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down children
Ain't a-gonna lay my 'ligion down
Ain't a-gonna lay my 'ligion down
God's been here and blest my soul,
God's been here and blest my soul, children
God's been here and blest my soul,
God's been here and blest my soul.
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I been 'buked and I been scorned, children,
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I've been talked about sure as your born.
HEAVEN AND HELL- from American Ballads and Folk Songs (Sung at Parchman Mississippi by an enthusuiastic group the lyrics vary because some stanzas were obtained elsewhere)
Chorus: I been 'buked an' I been scorned,
Childrens, I been 'buked an' I been scorned,
Childrens, I been 'buked an' I been scorned,
I been talked 'bout sure as you're born.
I met ol' Satan on the way,
I met ol' Satan on the way,
I met ol' Satan on the way,
He says, "Young man, you're too young to pray."
(Additional verses same as above)
Ef you want to see ol' Satan run,
Jes' fire off dat gospel gun.
Ol' Satan wears a mighty big shoe,
Ef you don' watch, gwine slip it on you.
Ol' Satan's like a snake in de grass,
Always in some Christian's pass (path).
What's ol' Satan grumblin' about,
He's in hell an' he cain' get out.
Ol' Satan's mad, an' I am glad,
He missed de soul he thought he had.
Ol' Satan's like an ol' greyhoun',
Runnin' dem sinners roun' an' roun'
Ol' Satan's a-settin' on a red-hot seat,
A-coolin' of his head an' a-warmin' of his feet.
I rather pray myself away,
Dan live an' burn in hell one day.
Oh, hell is deep an' hell is wide,
Oh, hell ain' got no bottom or side.
Two milk-white hosses, side by side,
Me an' my Jesus gwineter take a ride.
King Jesus give me a little broom,
Jes' fer to sweep my heart clean.
What kin' o' shoes does de angels wear?
Don' wear none, case dey walks on de air.
One o' dese mornin's bright an' fair,
Gwineter hitch on my wings an' try de air.
When I gits to heaven, got nothin' to do
But fly aroun' an' sing hallelu.
Away up in heaven where I'm gwineter shout,
Nobody dere to put me out.
I haven' been to heaven, but I've been tol',
De streets in heaven are paved in gol'.
I want to go to heaven at my own expense,
Ef I cain' git through the gate, I'll jump de fence.
When I go to heaven, I want to go right,
I want to go to heaven all dressed in white.
When I git to heaven, gwineter take my stan',
Gwineter wrastle wid my Lawd like a nachul man.
When I git to heaven, gwineter sit an' tell,
Tell dem angels ring dem bells.
When I git to heaven, gwineter be at ease,
Me and my God's gwineter do as we please!
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