Prohibition Blues 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 November 2010
2010

Mose Brown came a staggerin'
home one morn,
Tears in his eyes
and lookin' all forlorn,
His wifey met him
with such an awful frown,
said he: "My dear,
now won't you please sit down
and listen to me
while a sad tale I relate
of de news I hear
what got me in dis state.
Last Night I went to church
and I feel so blue,
what that parson say
I will tell to you.

Oh! My Brothers and Sisters
listen to what I say
by nineteen twenty
dere'll be no booze
sold in the U.S.A.
De whole country
am a goin' bone dry,
Prohibition am de battle cry,
'scuse me while I shed a tear,
for good old whiskey,
gin and beer,
Goodbye for ever,
Goodbye for ever,
Ah got de Prohibition,
Prohibition,
Prohibition Blues.

Oh! My Brothers and Sisters
listen to what I say
by nineteen twenty
dere'll be no booze
sold in the U.S.A.
De whole country
am a goin' bone dry,
Prohibition am de battle cry,
'scuse me while I shed a tear,
for good old whiskey,
gin and beer,
Goodbye for ever,
Goodbye for ever,
Ah got de Prohibition,
Prohibition,
Prohibition Blues.

I got up and walked
right out of dat church,
on the steps then I met
old Sam'l Birch,
"Why Moses," he say,
"what make you look so blue,"
I tell him an' he say,
"if dat am true,
Dat dry times comin'
an' dere goin' to can the booze,
Come on to the corner,
dere's no time to lose,"
So we just started in drinkin'
gainst that day,
when I tried to stop,
then old Sam would say:

Oh! My Brothers and Sisters
listen to what I say
by nineteen twenty
dere'll be no booze
sold in the U.S.A.
De whole country
am a goin' bone dry,
Prohibition am de battle cry,
'scuse me while I shed a tear,
for good old whiskey,
gin and beer,
Goodbye for ever,
Goodbye for ever,
Ah got de Prohibition,
Prohibition,
Prohibition Blues.

Oh! My Brothers and Sisters
listen to what I say
by nineteen twenty
dere'll be no booze
sold in the U.S.A.
De whole country
am a goin' bone dry,
Prohibition am de battle cry,
'scuse me while I shed a tear,
for good old whiskey,
gin and beer,
Goodbye for ever,
Goodbye for ever,
Ah got de Prohibition,
Prohibition,
Prohibition Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Prohibition Blues 1917
by Al Sweet
© MCMXVII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 18 November 2010 at 13.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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