《Providence Help the Poor People》歌词

[00:00:00] Providence Help the Poor People - Big Joe Williams

[00:00:01] Written by：Big Joe Williams

[00:00:06] Well the providence helpin' the poor people

[00:00:10] Lord those could not help theirselves

[00:00:15] Well the providence helpin' the poor people

[00:00:18] Those could not help theirselves boy

[00:00:23] They give em all a meal a day boys

[00:00:26] Then they help someone else

[00:00:31] I went to the office this mornin' 'bout a half past four

[00:00:35] Heard Mr Roosevelt say they wasn't

[00:00:36] Gonna help no more

[00:00:38] Told them

[00:00:40] No providence it ain't gonna help no more

[00:00:45] Well well it may be tomorrow hoo hoo

[00:00:48] Lord I don't really know

[00:00:55] Well Mr Roosevelt told me ain't

[00:00:56] Gonna be no hard times no more

[00:00:59] He gonna let the poor people go any place

[00:01:00] They wants to go

[00:01:03] I told him

[00:01:04] Yes providence it ain't gonna help no more

[00:01:08] Well well it may be tomorrow hoo

[00:01:10] Lord I won't be back no more

[00:01:17] I got up this mornin' 'bout a half past eight

[00:01:20] Started down Pine Street boy to get my meal ticket straight

[00:01:23] They told me

[00:01:23] No providence it ain't gonna help no more

[00:01:31] Well well it may be tomorrow hoo

[00:01:33] Lord might dust my bed to go

[00:01:39] Well it's some has a shovel some has a spade

[00:01:43] You know the providence will give me

[00:01:44] And my babe a place to stay

[00:01:45] And I told them no he wasn't gonna help you no more

[00:01:53] Well well it may be tomorrow hoo

[00:01:55] Lord I don't really know

[00:02:04] Well the rooster told the hen the hen go lay

[00:02:09] She told him

[00:02:09] No the providence give me a place to stay

[00:02:11] She told him no she don't have to lay no more

[00:02:19] Well well it may be tomorrow hoo

[00:02:21] Lord I won't be back here at all

[00:02:26] I aksed my woman this mornin' could I fill her place

[00:02:29] She said

[00:02:29] No Joe the providence give me a place to stay

[00:02:32] She told me no Lord

[00:02:34] I could not fill her place

[00:02:38] Lord I believe I'll get up in the mornin' hoo Lord

[00:02:41] I believe I'll leave this place

[00:02:47] Every mornin' the clock be strikin' eight

[00:02:51] That's when I go down to providence boy and

[00:02:53] I can't get my business straight

[00:02:55] They told me no

[00:02:57] They wasn't gonna help me no more