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Been in the Storm So Long

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Uno spiritual afroamericano ottocentesco, che intitola il disco realizzato dalla Smithsonian Folkways nel 1967, dove i brani sono interpretati da un gruppo storico che si rinnova di generazione in generazione, The Moving Star Hall Singers di Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.
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Been in the Storm So Long - Spirituals & Shouts, Children's Game Songs, and Folktales
The Moving Star Hall Singers
The Moving Star Hall Singers
I been in the storm so long
You know I been in the storm so long,
Singing, Oh Lord, give me more time to pray
I been in the storm so long.

This is a needy time,
Singing, this is a needy time
Singing, Oh Lord, give me more time to pray
I been in the storm so long.

I am a motherless child
Singing, I am a mother less child,
Singing, Oh Lord, give me more time to pray,
I been in the storm so long.

Lord, I need you now
Lord, I need you now,
Singing, Oh Lord, give me more time to pray,
I been in the storm so long.

I been in the storm so long,
Singing I been in the storm so long
Singing, Oh Lord, give me more time to pray,
I been in the storm so long.

Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2017/2/17 - 22:17

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Language: English (African American Vernacular English (AAVE), o Ebonics)

Su Mudcat Café trovo una versione certamente più antica della precedente, solo che la fonte è piuttosto generica perchè “Songs of Zion” è il titolo di diverse raccolte di inni o libretti di canti religiosi adottati nelle chiese protestanti, metodiste in particolare, degli USA.
I BEEN IN DE STORM SO LONG

I been in de storm so long,
I been in de storm so long, chillun,
I been in de storm so long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

Oh, let me tell you, Mother, hown I come 'long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray,
With a hung down head and an achin' heart,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

'Cause I been in de storm so long,
I been in de storm so long, chillun,
I been in de storm so long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

Now when I get to Heaven I'll take my seat,
Oh, gimme little time to pray,
An-a cast my crown at my Jesus' feet,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

I been in de storm so long,
I been in de storm so long, chillun,
I been in de storm so long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2017/2/17 - 22:20


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