Why Adam Sinned 1904

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 September 2010
2010

I heard de ol' folks talkin'
in our house de other night
'Bout Adam in de Scripture long ago.
De lady folks all 'bused him,
said he knowed it wasn't right,
An' cose de men folks
dey all said "dat's so,"
I felt sorry for Mistah Adam
an' I felt like puttin' in
'Cause I knows mo' dan dey do
all 'bout what made Adam sin.

Adam never had no Mammy
fur to take him on her knee
and teach him right from wrong
an' show him things he ought to see;
I know down in my heart
dat he'd a let dat apple be,
But Adam never had
no dear ole Mammy.

Adam never had no childhood
'round de ol' log cabin dooor,
He never knowed no pickaninny life,
He started in a great big, grown up man,
an' what is mo'
He never had de right kind of a wife.
Jes' a s'pose he'd had a Mammy
when dat temptin' did begin,
An' she had come an' tol' him:
"Son don't eat dat, it's a sin."

Adam never had no Mammy
fur to take him on her knee
and teach him right from wrong
an' show him things he ought to see;
I know down in my heart
dat he'd a let dat apple be,
But Adam never had
no dear ole Mammy.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Why Adam Sinned 1904
by Alex Rogers
© 1904 by The Attucks Mus.Pub.Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 03 September 2010 at 15.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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