Crucifixion
(Reverend
Gary Davis)
Well,
I done died one time
and I ain't gonna die no more
Well, I done died one time
and I ain't gonna die no more
Oh, glory, glory, hallelujah I done died one time
and I ain't gonna die no more
And the time that the Lord, with the disciples, set down and talked
with them at the table. They were eating their last Passover together
with one another. Said, "Out of you twelve, gonna be one
that betray me." They were all sitting down there, enjoying
themselves... That broke up their appetite because they didn't
know who it was, you know. They begin to talk one to another.
Wanted to know who it was. Some got so worried about the thing,
said "let's ask him". One of them said "you ask
him, maybe he'll tell you". They were all troubled, you know.
A great table before them and they couldn't eat. Their appetite
was gone. So, after a while, one went to him and asked him. I
hear one of 'em asked him something like this, you know. "Who
is it"? He said, "The one you see me give something
out of the dish, that'll be the one that betray me." So they
watched, to see who it was. While they were watching, it give
them a better appetite to eat, you know. Tell me my Lord spoken
these words like this. Let me see what my Lord said:
It'd
been good if that man had not been born
It'd been good if that man had not been born
Oh, glory, glory, hallelujah
It'd been good if that man had not been born
So
he said to his disciples, "In a while, I'll be with you.
In a while, I'll be gone." While he's settin' there talking,
Peter began to understand this conversation, you know. He broke
down and commenced to crying. I heard him say to him:
I
will follow you, Lord, wheresoever you go
I will follow you, Lord, wheresoever you go
Oh, glory, glory, hallelujah
Lord, I'll follow you wheresoever you go
I
heard my Lord say:
I'm
going where you cannot go, oooh
I'm going where you cannot go
Oh, glory, oh, glory, hallelujah
Oh, Peter, I'm going where you cannot go
Peter
made up his mind and he decided to go, anyhow. My Lord said, "Before
the cock crows thrice, you will deny me." Said, "No,
Lord, I'll prove to you that I'm a man... I'll fight for you.
I will die for you". So he knowed that Peter didn't understand.
Tell me that they brought them all the way to Jerusalem to try
him. They were standing around the fire, warming, waiting for
the courtroom to open. When the courtroom open, tell me they got
my Lord in your guard. Set him down. Put him on the front row.
And they tell me he was seeking for witnesses:
There was not a man to be found
There was not a man to be found
Oh, glory, glory, hallelujah
Oh, there was not a man to be found
And they smoted my Lord across the head with a reed
And they smoted my Lord across the head with a reed
Oh, glory be to God, hallelujah
Well, they smoted my Lord across the head with a reed
Planted
seventy two thorns and placed them on his head
Planted seventy two thorns and placed them on his head
Oh, glory be to God, hallelujah
Planted seventy two thorns and placed them on my Lord's head
And
they put him down and chosen him a tomb
Hey, put him down and chosen him a tomb
Oh, glory be to God, hallelujah
Oh, they put my Lord down and chosen him a tomb
Just
before they got ready to put him down, he's sitting out there
before Pilate. And they tell me, Pilate's wife said to him, "If
you have anything to do with that man, I'm going to leave you."
So, natural that a man don't want his wife to leave him. He didn't
want to be guilty of an innocent man. I heard him calling:
Bring
me a basin of water to wash my hands
Bring me a basin of water to wash my hands
Oh, glory be to God, hallelujah
Oh, bring me a basin of water to wash my hands
And
I don't want to be guilty of a innocent man
Don't want to be guilty of a innocent man
Oh, glory be to God, hallelujah
Oh, don't want to be guilty of a innocent man
Talk
to me, then...
Transcribed by Frank Basile
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