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Down on Me
Traditional Spiritual and Gospel;
ARTIST: Eddie Head and His Family 1930; Lyrics from Songsters and Saints: Volume 2 By Paul Oliver
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: early 1900s; 1930 recording Eddie Head and His Family
RECORDING INFO: Down on Me
Work, John W. / American Negro Songs and Spirituals, Dover, Bk (1998/1940), p115b
Odetta. My Eyes Have Seen, Vanguard VRS-9059, LP (1960), trk# B.02
Pinckney, Mary. Carawan, Guy & Candie / Sing for Freedom, Sing Out, sof (1990), p235 [1965]
Pinckney, Mary. Carawan, Guy & Candie (eds.) / Ain't You Got A Right to the Tree of Life, Univ. of Georgia, Sof (1989/1966), p137 [1963-65]
Von Schmidt, Eric. Folk Blues of Eric Von Schmidt, Prestige 7717, LP (1963), trk# B.06
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RELATED TO: Keep Your Hand on the Plow, Hold On
SOURCES: Folk Index; Songsters and Saints: Vocal traditions on Race Records, Volume 2 By Paul Oliver
NOTES: "Down on Me" is a traditional spiritual. This version is from a recording by Eddie Head and His Family in 1930 (Lyrics from Songsters and Saints: Volume 2 By Paul Oliver). Perhaps the best known version was recorded by Janis Joplin. There is a 1930 recording of 'Down on Me', (vocal, guitar and tambourine) by obscure gospel group, Eddie Head and His Family, on the wonderful compilation CD: 'American Primitive Vol 1: Raw Pre-war Gospel' Revenant 206, the late John Fahey's label.
Down On Me- Eddie Head and His Family 1930; Lyrics from Songsters and Saints: Volume 2 By Paul Oliver
Down on me, Lord, down on me
Seems like everybody in this whole wide world is down on me.
If I could I surely would,
Stand on that rock where Moses stood.
Seems like everybody in this whole wide world is down on me.
Down on me, Lord, down on me
Seems like everybody in this whole wide world is down on me.
I ain't been to Heaven but I've been told,
The streets are pearly and the gates are gold.
Seems like everybody in this whole wide world is down on me.
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