Revive Us Again

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Revive Us Again

Post by Guest » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:50 pm

another verse-
Oh I don't like work and work don't like me
and that is the reason I am so hungry.
Hallelujah etc.

anybody know the next verse?
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Revive Us Again

Post by Guest » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:04 am

There is another song that my Dad played 50 years ago. Part of the word are
Hallelujah I'm a bum
Hallelujah bum again Hallelujah give us a handout to revive us again.

I beat my way from Frisco bay to the rock bound cost of Maine, to Canada and Mexico and wander back again. I met town bulls and? as tough as a cop could be and I been in every caliboose in the land of USA.

Anybody know the missing woods?
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Post by steveliu » Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:08 am

While it's not a hymn per se, here are the lyrics you're looking for historical purposes. It was a parody version of the hymn by Makay/Husband that was sung by migratory workers in the United States of the late 1890's.

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

1. Oh, why don't you work
Like other men do?
How the **** can I work
When there's no work to do?
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
Hallelujah, bum again,
Hallelujah, give us a handout,
To revive us again!

2. Oh, I love my boss
And my boss loves me,
And that is the reason
I'm so hungry,
Hallelujah, etc.

3. Oh, the springtime has came
And I'm just out of jail,
Without any money,
Without any bail.
Hallelujah, etc.

4. I went to a house,
And I knocked on the door;
A lady came out, says,
"You been here before."
Hallelujah, etc.

5. I went to a house,
And I asked for a piece of bread;
A lady came out, says,
"The baker is dead."
Hallelujah, etc.

6. When springtime does come,
O won't we have fun,
We'll throw up our jobs
And we'll go on the bum.
Hallelujah, etc.

Here's some commentary on the lyrics by writer Carl Sandburg:
"This old song heard at the water tanks of railroads in Kansas in 1897 and from harvest hands who worked in the wheat fields of Pawnee County, was picked up later by the I.W. W.'s, who made verses of their own for it, and gave it a wide fame. The migratory workers are familiar with the Salvation Army missions, and have adopted the Army custom of occasionally abandoning all polite formalities and striking deep into the common things and ways for their music and words. A "handout" is food handed out from a back door as distinguished from a "a sit down" which means an entrance into a house and a chair at a table."
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Post by Guest » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:41 am

i am a baptist
i came from christian bible baptist church here in AFPOVAI.
We sing that song...
every service... and now january 1, 2009 that's uor backround song in our offering. we played that song a while ago. 11:30 in the morning...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Guest » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:44 am

BY THE WAY........ IM MARIA CRIZELLE M. DE VERA
15 YEARS OLD
LIVE IN PHILIPPINES...
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Post by steveliu » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:51 pm

Happy to hear from you, Maria. Happy New Year to you too! :)
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Post by Guest » Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:30 am

So glad to find the rest of the words. The only verse I remembered was...
"Now I like Jim Hill
He's an old friend of mine.
And that's why I'm hiking on Jim Hill's main line."
Hallelujah.....

We had a 78 RPM record that we listened to when I was a child. I believe it was sung by Gene Autry.
Thanks for finding the other verses.
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