所属专辑:American Epic: The Best of Lead Belly
歌手: Lead Belly
时长: 03:04
Death Letter Blues, Pt. I - Lead Belly (利德·贝利)[00:00:00]
Written by:H.Ledbetter/A.Lomax/J.Lomax[00:00:02]
Yes they wrote me a letter what do you reckon it read[00:00:19]
Yes they wrote me a letter what do you reckon it read[00:00:29]
Come home big papa your lovin' baby's dead[00:00:37]
Sure enough he goes to the graveyard[00:00:43]
He goes back home he goes to his friend[00:00:44]
When he got that letter he goes to the depot[00:00:46]
And he catch the longest train he seen[00:00:48]
And he didn't stop at no short stop[00:00:50]
He read somethin' got it in the heart[00:00:51]
And when he got home here with his told his mama[00:00:53]
Yes I went to the depot cause the train to fly[00:00:56]
I went to the depot caught the train up long[00:01:06]
When he walks in lord she was low lay down[00:01:13]
His mama met him at the door step[00:01:19]
Papa run to the bed side told his daughter and daughter in law goodbye[00:01:21]
My mama said howdy papa said goodbye[00:01:26]
My mama said howdy papa said goodbye[00:01:35]
Poor boy couldn't do nothing but hang his head and cry[00:01:43]
Poor boy couldn't do nothing but hang his head and cry[00:01:49]
Spoken he went to the bedside and looked down in the baby's face[00:01:53]
She didn't know him from nobody else 'cause it's too late[00:01:56]
When he looked down in her face here' what he said to his mama[00:01:58]
Yes he went to the bed lord looked down in her face[00:02:03]
Yes he went to the bed lord looked down in her face[00:02:12]
Lord I love you pretty mama just can't take your place[00:02:19]