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If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day (R. Johnson)

from Terraplane by Scott Ainslie

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Robert Johnson's lightly adapted lyrics from the Rollin' and Tumblin' Blues, rearranged from my one-string cigar box guitar. This is a show stopper.

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If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day (Robert Johnson)

If I had possession over judgement day.
If I had possession over judgement day.
Any woman didn’t want no lovin’ wouldn’t have no right to pray.

I went to the mountain and it burned my eyes to see.
I went to the mountain and it burned my eyes to see.
Some other man got my woman and these lonesome blues got me.

Well, I rolled and I tumbled and I cried the whole night long.
I rolled and I tumbled and I cried the whole night long.
When I woke up this mornin’, my biscuit roller gone.

Had to fold my arms and I slowly walked away.
Had to fold my arms and I slowly walked away.
I said in my mind, “Your trouble gonna come some day”.

Now run here baby, set down on my knee.
Yes, run here, baby, set down on my knee.
I want to tell you all about the way they treated me.

If I had possession over judgement day.
If I had possession over judgement day.
Any woman didn’t want no lovin’ wouldn’t have no right to pray.

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from Terraplane, track released September 22, 1997
Scott Ainslie, cigar box guitar and voice

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Scott Ainslie Brattleboro, Vermont

A long history with older black blues and gospel players in the mid-South marks Ainslie's work deeply. He transcribed all of Robert Johnson's recorded songs for "Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads" (Hal Leonard, 1992) and has a teaching DVD on Johnson's music. A fine songwriter with a social conscience and a belief in the power of music to move and inspire, Ainslie's voice is a great force for good! ... more

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