Somebody's Done Me Wrong 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 Dec 2008
2008

Way down south
there lives a cullud preachin' man
spreadin' joy
to ev'rybody in the land,
Last Sunday night
he looked his congregation in the face,
and says to them
you gotta get somebody in my place.
The elders asked him why
and this was his reply:

Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you,
somebody's done me wrong
I stood for you stealin'
from the contributin box
as it passes along.
For years I preached the Gospel truth
to each and ev'ry one
but when you Deacons try to steal
my "Brown Skin Gal" I'm done.
Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you
somebody's done me wrong.

Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you,
somebody's done me wrong
I stood for you stealin'
from the contributin box
as it passes along.
The Good Book says
"Thou Shalt Not Covet"
that's the Gospel Law,
I'll bet I'll break them Ten Commandments
on some Deacons jaw.
Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you
somebody's done me wrong.

T'other night
I got home just 'bout ten o'clock
Lights was low,
I turned 'em up Oh!
What a shock.
Now what you think was goin' on
right there before my eyes.
My bosom friend
old Deacon Jones,
had my wife hypnotized.
He started this here row;
His wife's a widow now.

Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you,
somebody's done me wrong
I stood for you stealin'
from the contributin box
as it passes along.
I always tried
to let the other Deacon's wives alone
and you ain't got no right
to come a messin' 'round my home.
Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you
somebody's done me wrong.

Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you,
somebody's done me wrong
I stood for you stealin'
from the contributin box
as it passes along.
For years I preached the Gospel truth
to each and ev'ry one
but when you Deacons try to steal
my "Brown Skin Gal" I'm done.
Now brothers and sisters
I been preachin' to you
somebody's done me wrong.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
Somebody's Done Me Wrong 1918
Music by Will E.Skidmore
Lyrics by Marshall Walker
© MCMXVIII by Will E.Skidmore - New York
*
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 1 December 2008 at 15.58
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
*