paroles de chanson Huddie Ledbetter - Pete Seeger feat. Union Baptist Church Singers
Huddie
Ledbetter
was
a
helluva
man
Huddie
got
his
music
from
the
heart
of
the
land
In
his
voice
you
could
hear
John
Henry's
hammering
While
his
hands
would
"buck
and
wing"
upon
the
big
12-string
Sometimes
a
lion,
sometimes
a
lamb
Huddie
Ledbetter
was
a
helluva
man
He's
a
long
time
gone
but
his
songs
live
on
He's
a
long
time
gone
but
his
songs
live
on
Down
in
Louisiana,
1888
There
was
a
black
baby
born
into
a
white
man's
state;
He
saw
the
cane
and
cotton
stretch
for
miles
around
He
heard
his
mama's
voice
a-singing
when
the
sun
went
down
Into
a
world
where
having
dark
skin
was
a
crime
Huddie
was
born
- and
started
serving
his
time
Teenage
Huddie
went
to
Shreveport
town
There
he
got
in
trouble,
was
jailhouse
bound
The
odds
were
slim
that
he
would
get
out
alive
But
somehow
Huddle
and
his
music
survived
He
escaped
just
once,
was
put
back
again
He
was
called
Leadbelly
by
the
rest
of
the
men
A
collector,
name
a'
Lomax,
brought
a
record
machine
Huddle
sang
'em
sweet
and
high,
he
sang
'em
low
and
mean:
For
years
to
come,
they
would
tell
the
tale
Of
how
Huddie
Ledbetter
sang
his
way
out-a
jail
Sayin',
"If
I
had
you.
Governor,
like-a
you
got
me
I'd
awake
up
in
the
morning
and
I'd
set
you
free."
He
got
his
farewell
ticket
back
in
'49
He
caught
the
Midnight
Special
on
the
Rock
Island
Line;
But
I
bet
you
when
he
wakened
from
his
earthly
dream
He
was
wakened
by
a
kiss
from
a
gal
named
Irene
Now
millions
of
people
the
whole
world
around
Are
taking
Huddie's
hammer
up
and
swinging
it
down!
Huddie
Ledbetter
was
a
helluva
man
Huddie
got
his
music
from
the
heart
of
the
land
In
his
voice
you
could
hear
John
Henry's
hammering
While
his
hands
would
"buck
and
wing"
upon
the
big
12-string
Sometimes
a
lion,
sometimes
a
lamb
Huddie
Ledbetter
was
a
helluva
man
1 Sailing Down My Golden River
2 The Water is Wide
3 Huddie Ledbetter
4 My Rainbow Race
5 Of Time and Rivers
6 Old Devil Time
7 Garbage
8 All Mixed Up
9 Well May The World Go
10 Russian Song / Ode To Joy
11 For Everyone in All the World
12 In the Evening
13 To My Old Brown Earth
14 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
15 Natural History - Spider's Web
16 Living In the Country
17 How Can I Keep from Singing
18 River of My People
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