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Death Don't Have No Mercy Rev. Gary Davis

May 1961 THE MINNESOTA TAPES (T-318) THE MINNEAPOLIS PARTY TAPE (BD Archive)

Minnesota Party tape 1961, Minneapolis MN - May 1961 ... Starting in E-minor, then i'm a gonna go to G and back again. Death don't have no mercy in this land It don't have no mercy in this land Well it comes in your house someday And it'll take your mother away Death don't have no mercy in this land. Death don't have no judgement in this land Death don't have no judgement in this land Well it come in your house someday And it'll take your father away Death don't have no judgement in this land. ... some sort of bad deal ... Rev Gary Davis's version (1960) Well now death don't have no mercy in this land Well now death don't have no mercy in this land He'll come to your house and he won't stay long Look 'round the room one of your family will be gone Death don't have no mercy in this land. Death will leave you standin' and cryin' in this land Death will leave you standin' and cryin' in this land He'll come to your house and he won't stay long Look 'round the room one of your family will be gone Death don't have no mercy in this land. Well death don't give you time to get ready in this land Well death don't give you time to get ready in this land He'll come to your house and he won't stay long Look 'round the room one of your mama will be gone Death don't have no mercy in this land. Well now death don't have no mercy in this land Well now death don't have no mercy in this land He'll come to your house and he won't stay long Look 'round the room one of your family will be gone Death don't have no mercy in this land.