THE LORD GOT A HOLD OF ME
Sung by: The Southernaires of Black
Recorded near Newport, AR

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[The solo and the group weave in and out here.]

. . . Oh, Lord, you got a hold on me.
Whoa, Lord, looky here.
I went to the church that night,
Let me tell you my . . .
Whoa, that’s all right.

. . . Whoa, Lord, you got a hold on me.
Well, do you know, whoa, Lord.
You’ve got a hold on me.
Well, whoa, Lord, you’ve got a hold on me.
When I went to the church that night,
Let me tell you my . . .
Whoa, that’s all right,
I know . . .
Something got a hold on me.
Whoa, Lord, you got a hold on me.

Well, listen here . . . if you’d a been there
When I come through,
You’d a-knew that I . . .
Oh, you know, something’s got a hold on me.
Whoa, Lord, and it’s heavy in my . . .
I know,
Whoa, Lord, you’ve got a hold on me.
Oh, do you know . .
You’ve got a hold on me.
. . .
Whoa, Lord, you’ve got a hold on me.
Lord, you know that I went to the church that night,
Lordy, now, oh, that’s all right.
I know . . .
Whoa, you got a hold on me.

Oh, do you hear me . . .
You woke up.

You woke up.
Sing right (?).
You woke up.

You woke up.
Talk right.
You woke up.
Will you . . .
You woke up.
. . . right.
You woke up.

You woke up.
Do right.
You woke up.
Roll call (?).
You woke up.
A hold on me,
Yeah, eah, eah, a hold on,
A hold on me.

Lord, you know that I went to the church that night,
Let me tell you now,
. . . that’s all right.
I say . . .
. . .
Whoa, got a hold on me.

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection
Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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