Bridget St. John - Lazarus | Текст песни

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POOR LAZARUS
(traditional)

(repeat the first line of each verse)

High Sheriff, he told the deputy, he says, "Go out and bring me Lazarus."
High Sheriff, he told the deputy, he says, "Go out and bring me Lazarus.
Bring him dead or alive, Wo, Lawdy, bring him dead or alive."

Oh, the deputy begin to wonder, where in the world he could find him…
"Well I don't know, Wo, Lawdy, I just don't know."

Oh, they found poor Lazarus way out between two mountains…
And they blowed him down, Lawd, Lawd, and they blowed him down.

Old Lazarus told the deputy he had never been arrested…
By no one man, Wo, Lawdy, by no one man.

So they shot poor Lazarus, shot him with a great big number…
Number forty-five, Wo, Lawdy, number forty-five.

And they taken poor Lazarus and they laid him on the commissary counter…
and they walked away, Wo, Lawdy, and they walked away.

Lazarus told the deputy, "Please gimme a cool drink of water…
Just before I die, Wo, Lawdy, just before I die."

Lazarus' sister run and told her mother…
"Poor Lazarus is dead, Wo, Lawdy, poor Lazarus is dead."

Lazarus' mother, she laid down her sewing…
She begin to cry, Wo, Lawdy, she begin to cry.

Lazarus' mother, she come a-screaming and a-crying…
"That's my only son, Wo, Lawdy, that's my only son."

Lazarus' father, he sure was hard-hearted…
Didn't say a word, Wo, Lawdy, didn't say a word.

Lazarus' sister, she couldn't go to the funeral…
Didn't have no shoes, Wo, Lawdy, didn't have no shoes.

Cap'n, did you hear about - all your men gonna leave you?…
Next pay-day, Wo, Lawdy, next pay-day.