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Omie Wise 1(Naomi Wise)Traditional |
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Saturday of Folk Music, Riverside Church, NYC - 29.jul.1961
She promised to meet him at Adams's Spring
Expecting some money or some other fine things
No money, no money to flatter the case
We'll have to get married so there'll be no disgrace
So jump you up Omie and away we will ride
To yonder fair country and i'll make you my bride
She jumped up behind him and away they did go
To yonder fair country where the deep waters flow
Now jump you down Omie and i'll tell you my mind
My mind is to drown you and to leave you behind
Oh no, oh no, please don't take my life
Oh i will deny you and i'll not be your wife
But he kicked and he cuffed her, to the worst on the stand
And he threw her in deep water that flows through the land
They found her poor body the following day
Run up on the river and the banks full of clay
And up spoke her mother with a voice such a-sting
No one but John Lewis could have done such a thing
They traced him up the river to Dutch Charlie's bend
Where they found him in jail for killin' a man
Go hang him, go hang him, was the mother's command
Through him in deep water that flows through the land
Go hang him, go hang him, was the judge's command
Through him in deep water that flows through the land.
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Omie Wise 2 |
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The Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis MN - 22.dec.1961
Well, she met him as she promised up at Adams's Spring
Expecting some money or some other fine thing
No money, no money to flatter the case
We'll have to get married so there'll be no disgrace
So jump you up Omie and away we will ride
To yonder fair country where the cool waters glide
She jumped up behind him and away they did ride
To yonder fair country where the deep waters glide
Now jump you down Omie and i'll tell you my mind
My mind is to drown you and to leave you behind
She begged and she pleaded, oh, don't take my life
And i will deny you and i'll not be your wife
He kicked and he cuffed her, to the worst on the stand
And he threw her in deep water that flows through the land
They found her poor body the following day
The preacher and the reverend, lord, they all began to pray
Then up spoke her mother with a voice so sting
Nobody but John Lewis could have done such a thing
They traced him up the waters to Dutch Charlie's bend
Where they found him in jail for killin' a man
Go hang him, go hang him, was the mother's command
And throw him in deep waters that flows through the land.
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Recording dates & record list | 29 July 1961 1 | THE ROAR OF A WAVE (bootleg) |
| FOLK SINGER-HUMDINGER Just About As Good As It Gets! [Smith & Co] | |
| LIFE AND LIFE ONLY RADIO & TV 1961-1965 (BD Archive) | |
| ECHO'S ALBUM (bootleg) | |
| 22 Dec 1961 2 | THE MINNESOTA TAPES (bootleg) |
| THE MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL TAPE & THE GASLIGHT CAFE (BD Archive) | |
| BLIND BOY GRUNT (vinyl bootleg) | |
| TALKING BEAR MOUNTAIN PICNIC BLUES (vinyl bootleg) | |
| 70 DOLLAR ROBBERY (vinyl bootleg) |
THE ROAR OF A WAVE: Radio Shows (T-966)
BLIND BOY GRUNT (vinyl bootleg)