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I've Been Buked and Scorned/ Buked and Scorned/Heaven and Hell
Traditional Old-Time Spiritual;
ARTIST: From Tuskegee Singers- Recorded on Victor Records- Feb. 14, 1916
YOUTUBE: Odetta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdllgBtXPaE
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; Tuskegee Singers Feb. 14, 1916
RECORDING INFO: Buked and Scorned
Mahalia Jackson
Grossman, Bob. Bob Grossman, Elektra EKL 215, LP (1961), trk# A.04
Odetta. Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, Tradition TLP 1010/TCD 1, CD (1996/1956), trk# 7
Odetta and Larry. Odetta and Larry, Fantasy 3252/3345, LP (1959), trk# B.05 (I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned)
Lomax-ABFS, pp. 588-591, "Hell and Heaven" (1 text, 1 tune, composite)
RELATED TO: "Not A Gonna Lay My Religion Down" "Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down"
OTHER NAMES: "Heaven and Hell (Lomax)" "Buked and Scorned"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Ballad Index; Lomax-ABFS, pp. 588-591, "Hell and Heaven" (1 text, 1 tune, composite) Tuskegee Institute Singers, "I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned" (Victor 18447, 1918)
NOTES: "Buked and Scorned" or "I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned" is a traditional African-American spiritual from the Tuskegee Singers recording on Victor Records on Feb. 14, 1916 (released 1918). It was in the repertoire of Mahalia Jackson and was used in the 1960's Civil Right movement as an anthem. Harry Belafonte recorded the song in 1960, Bob Grossman in 1961, and Odetta has a great version on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdllgBtXPaE
The song appeared in print in the 1888 book, "In Old Alabama: Being the Chronicles of Miss Mouse, the Little Black Merchant" By Anne Hobson, Carol McPherson, Doubleday, Page & Company.
AIN'T GWINE LAY MY 'LIGION DOWN
I been 'buked en I been scorned,
I been 'buked en I been scorned,
I been 'buked en I been scorned,
I been talked 'bout sho' ez you bawn.
CHORUS: I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down,
I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down,
I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down,
Dark cloud risin' an' I'm so fer fum home,
Lawd, I ain't gwine lay my 'ligion down.
I'VE BEEN BUKED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED- Tuskegee Singers Feb. 14, 1916
http://www.archive.org/details/1iveBeenBukedAndIveBeenScorned2MostDoneTrabelling
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I been 'buked and I been scorned, children,
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I've been talked about sure as your born.
I Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down
Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down children
Ain't a-gonna lay my 'ligion down
Ain't a-gonna lay my 'ligion down
God's been here and blest my soul,
God's been here and blest my soul, children
God's been here and blest my soul,
God's been here and blest my soul.
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I been 'buked and I been scorned, children,
I been 'buked and I been scorned,
I've been talked about sure as your born.
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