From the recording Lift the World
By James Bland 1880 Public Domain
Don’t forget to do what your mama says!
Curtis - vocals, banjo, harmonica
Loretta - vocals, guitar
Sandy Njoes - bass fiddle
Tom Schaefer - fiddle
Lyrics
Hand me down (Hand me down)
My walkin’ cane (My walkin’ cane)
Well hand me down (Hand me down)
My walkin’ cane (My walkin’ cane)
Hand me down my walkin’ cane
I’m gonna ride that midnight train
All my sins are taken away
Hand me down (Hand me down)
That jug of corn (That jug of corn)
Hand me down (Hand me down)
That jug of corn (That jug of corn)
Hand me down that jug of corn
We’ll have a time, sure as you’re born
All my sins are taken away
I had too much (I had too much)
And I went to jail (And I went to jail)
I had too much (I had too much)
And I went to jail (And I went to jail)
Well I had too much and I went to jail
Nobody came to go my bail
All my sins are taken away
Well the beans was hard (The beans was hard)
And the meat was fat (And the meat was fat)
Well the beans was hard (Those beans was hard)
And the meat was fat (And the meat was fat)
Well the beans was hard and the meat was fat
Lord I couldn’t eat nothin’ like that
All my sins are taken away
Well I wish I’d listened (I wish I’d listened)
What Mama said (What Mama said)
Well If I’d listened (If I’d listened)
What Mama said (What Mama said)
If I’d listened to what Mama said
I’d be sleepin’ in a feather bed
All my sins are taken away