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Lead Singer's Call: "Be my woman, gal, I'll-" | Lead Singer's Call: "Be my woman, gal, I'll-" <br> | ||
Group Response: " -be your man." | Group Response: " -be your man." | ||
(3x) | (3x) | ||
Call: "Every Sunday's dollar-" | Call: "Every Sunday's dollar-"<br> | ||
Response: "-in your hand." | Response: "-in your hand." | ||
Call: "In your hand, Lordy-" | Call: "In your hand, Lordy-"<br> | ||
Response: "-in your hand." | Response: "-in your hand." | ||
Call: "Every Sundays dollar-" | Call: "Every Sundays dollar-"<br> | ||
Response: "-in your hand." | Response: "-in your hand." | ||
Call: "Stick to the promise, gal, that-" | Call: "Stick to the promise, gal, that-"<br> | ||
Response: "-you made me." | Response: "-you made me." | ||
(3x) | (3x) | ||
Call: "Wasn't gonna marry 'til-uh-" | Call: "Wasn't gonna marry 'til-uh-"<br> | ||
Response: "-I go free." | Response: "-I go free." | ||
Call: "I go free, lordy-" | Call: "I go free, lordy-"<br> | ||
Response: "I go free." | Response: "I go free." | ||
Call: "Wasn't gonna marry 'til-uh-" | Call: "Wasn't gonna marry 'til-uh-"<br> | ||
Response: "-I go free." | Response: "-I go free." | ||
Call: "Well, Rosie-" | Call: "Well, Rosie-" <br> | ||
Call: "-oh, lord, gal." | Call: "-oh, lord, gal." <br> | ||
Call: "Ah, Rosie-" | |||
Call: "Ah, Rosie-"<br> | |||
Response: "-oh, lord, gal." | Response: "-oh, lord, gal." | ||
Call: "When she walks she reels and-" | Call: "When she walks she reels and-"<br> | ||
Response: "-rocks behind." | Response: "-rocks behind." | ||
(2x) | (2x) | ||
Call: "Ain't that enough to worry-" | Call: "Ain't that enough to worry-"<br> | ||
Response: "-[a] convict's mind." | Response: "-[a] convict's mind." | ||
(2x) | (2x) | ||
Call: "Well, Rosie-" | Call: "Well, Rosie-" <br> | ||
Call: "-oh, lord, gal." | Call: "-oh, lord, gal." | ||
Call: "Ah, Rosie-" | |||
Call: "Ah, Rosie-"<br> | |||
Response: "-oh, lord, gal." | Response: "-oh, lord, gal." | ||
Lead Singer's Call: "Be my woman, gal, I'll-" <br> | |||
Group Response: " -be your man." | |||
(3x) | |||
Call: "Every Sunday's dollar-"<br> | |||
Response: "-in your hand." | |||
"Well, Rosie/Ah, Rosie" lines return for the third time. | "Well, Rosie/Ah, Rosie" lines return for the third time. | ||
Revision as of 10:30, 3 September 2018
ROSIE
(Recording of prisoners at Mississippi State Penitentiary's Parchman work camp, in 1947. Recorded by song collector/archivist Alan Lomax) (Transcription thanks to http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/05/rosie-african-american-prison-work-song.html)
Call and Response form
Lead Singer's Call: "Be my woman, gal, I'll-"
Group Response: " -be your man."
(3x)
Call: "Every Sunday's dollar-"
Response: "-in your hand."
Call: "In your hand, Lordy-"
Response: "-in your hand."
Call: "Every Sundays dollar-"
Response: "-in your hand."
Call: "Stick to the promise, gal, that-"
Response: "-you made me."
(3x)
Call: "Wasn't gonna marry 'til-uh-"
Response: "-I go free."
Call: "I go free, lordy-"
Response: "I go free."
Call: "Wasn't gonna marry 'til-uh-"
Response: "-I go free."
Call: "Well, Rosie-"
Call: "-oh, lord, gal."
Call: "Ah, Rosie-"
Response: "-oh, lord, gal."
Call: "When she walks she reels and-"
Response: "-rocks behind."
(2x)
Call: "Ain't that enough to worry-"
Response: "-[a] convict's mind."
(2x)
Call: "Well, Rosie-"
Call: "-oh, lord, gal."
Call: "Ah, Rosie-"
Response: "-oh, lord, gal."
Lead Singer's Call: "Be my woman, gal, I'll-"
Group Response: " -be your man."
(3x)
Call: "Every Sunday's dollar-"
Response: "-in your hand."
"Well, Rosie/Ah, Rosie" lines return for the third time.