THE LORD GOT A HOLD OF ME Sung by: The Southernaires of Black Recorded near Newport, AR Click here to listen to the original recording . . . 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. |
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