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I've Been Buked and Scorned/ Buked and Scorned/Heaven and Hell
Traditional Old-Time Spiritual;
ARTIST: From Odetta 1956 (Almost identical version by Harry Belafonte 1960)
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)
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: "Buked and Scorned" is a traditional African-American spiritual from Odetta
recorded in 1956. The first version is the the Tuskegee Singers recording "I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned" 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.
BUKED AND SCORNED- Harry Belafonte 1960
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned
Children, I've been 'buked and I've been scorned
Tryin' to make this journey all alone
You may talk about me sure as you please
Talk about me sure as you please
Children, talk about me sure as you please
Your talk will never drive me down to my knees
Jesus died to set me free
Jesus died to set me free
Children Jesus died to set me free
Nailed to that cross on Calvary.
BUKED AND SCORNED- Odetta 1956
Brief guitar intro
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned,
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned, children,
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned- - - ,
Tryin' to make this journey alone.
They talk about me sure as you please,
Talk about me sure as you please, children,
Talk about me sure as you please- - - ,
Your talk will drive me onto my knees
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned,
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned, children,
I've been 'buked and I've been scorned- - -,
Tryin' to make this journey alone.
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