Down By The Riverside (feat. The Dependable Boys) - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Mate, who is this? Pauly, you know who's made it? Sir, do you know... You're not from around here But let me tell you what we do, Harry Listen up! Down by the riverside hanky panky Where them girls bad Yes ma'am, please and thank you Where them boys ride slow 'Cause them roads is dangerous It's a real thin line 'Tween snakes and angels Sun making me sweat Cognac on my breath Crawfish with the cornbread Yeah this as real as it gets Knick knack paddy wack Give a dog a bone Bitch I'm Willie Jones You already know You can find me out where the corn and the cotton grow Way down south cracking bones, slamming dominos Welcome to the ratchet black zydeco rodeo Boss hog I'm a dog, I'm a billy goat Down by the riverside, by the riverside Down by the riverside, by the riverside Down by the riverside, by the riverside This is how we throw it down Down by the riverside Get that mud off my tires Dirty south in the house Coming straight out the Bayou We got that Catfish frying Coming fresh off the bottom I got a bad bitch with the buck shot ridin' shotty Met her down in Tulane So, you know she got good brain That superdome, I'm super gone Lord know's I ain't no saint You can find me out where the corn and the cotton grow Way down south cracking bones, slamming dominos Welcome to the ratchet black zydeco rodeo Boss hog I'm a dog, I'm a billy goat Down by the riverside, by the riverside Down by the riverside, by the riverside Down by the riverside, by the riverside This is how we throw it down Down by the riverside Do-si-do-to the left Do ya one, two step Spin around then drop it down Then slide and catch your breath Now boot scoot the right, huh Tip ya drink to the sky Now act a fool, go on ride the bull 'Cause that's the way we ride, uh You can find me out where the corn and the cotton grow Way down south cracking bones, slamming dominos Welcome to the ratchet black zydeco rodeo Boss hog I'm a dog, I'm a billy goat Down by the riverside, by the riverside Down by the riverside, by the riverside Down by the riverside, by the riverside This is how we throw it down Down by the riverside Do-si-do-to the left (down by the riverside) Do ya one, two step (by the riverside) Spin around then drop it down (down by the riverside) Slide and catch your breath (by the riverside) Now boot scoot the right (down by the riverside) Tip ya drink to the sky (by the riverside) This is how we throw it down Down by the riverside

Now won't you hear me singin Hear the words that I'm saying Wash my soul with water from on high Why the world loves love is around me Even forced to buy me But oh, if you leave me, I will die You hold me in the bosom Till the storms of life is over Rock me in the cradle of our love Only feed me till I want no more Then you take me to your blessed home above Make me journey You make my burning brighter Help me to do good wherever I can Oh, let thou praise and thrill me Thou loving kindess fill me Then you hold me Hold me in the hollow of the hand You hold me in the bosom Till storms of life is over Rock me in the cradle of our love Only feed Then you'll take me to your blessed home above

I'm gonna tell you the natural facts That the man don't understand the good book right and that's all That's all You know what? We got to have more love More understanding everyday of our lives And that's all Yeah When you see folks jump from this or that They don't know they don't know where the devil's at That's all That's all They got to have more love, more understanding Everyday of their lives I tell ya that's all Listen, people fighting one another And think they're doing swell And all they want is your money And you can go to heeeeyyyyy That's all That's all Ya'll got to have religion, yeah, I tell ya that's all Now he can go to the college Go to the schools Haven't got religion he is an educated fool That's all Yeah,

This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, everybody ride it in Jesus' name This train is a clean train, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This train, brothers train, is bound for glory, you know, this train This train is bound for glory, everybody ridin' her got to be holy Because this train is a clean train, this train But this train don't pull no liars, this train You got to get off This train don't pull no liars, this train You know this train don't pull no liars No false pretenders, and no back-biter Because this train is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no wankers, this train, uh-uh I said this train don't pull no wankers, this train No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no, this train don't pull no wankers No crack shooter and no whiskey drinkers (I hear ya) Is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers No tobacco chewers and no cigar smokers Because this train is a clean train, you know this train Let's ride the train This train in on the way to glory, this train Yeahhh, this train is on the way to glory, ooh, this train You know this train is on the way to glory, everybody ridin' her, they got to be holy-holy This train is a clean train, this train...