Rosie
Alan Lomax * Track #10 On Negro Prison Blues And Songs
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Album Negro Prison Blues And Songs
- #1Murder’s Home
Alan Lomax &
- #2No More, My Lawd
Alan Lomax &
- #3Old Alabama
Alan Lomax & BB
- #4Black Woman
Alan Lomax & BB
- #5Jumpin’ Judy
Alan Lomax & Tangle Eye
- #6Woah Buck
Alan Lomax & CB
- #7Prettiest Train
Alan Lomax & 22
- #8Old Dollar Mamie
Alan Lomax & 22
- #9It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
Alan Lomax & 22
- #10Rosie
Alan Lomax
- #11Levee Camp Holler
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #12What Makes a Work Song Leader
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #13
Early in the Mornin’Alan Lomax & 22
- #14How I Got In the Penitentiary
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #15Tangle Eye Blues
Alan Lomax & Tangle Eye
- #16Stackerlee
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #17Prison Blues
Alan Lomax
Rosie by Alan Lomax
Performed by
Alan LomaxAbout
Alan Lomax (1915-2002), an American ethnomusicologist, followed in his father, John Lomax’s footsteps, and is known for his field recordings of various forms of American “folk” and blues music. He produced and recorded thousands of songs for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congre...
Rosie Lyrics
Be my woman, gal I'll
Be your man
Be my woman, gal I'll
Be your man
Be my woman, gal I'll
Be your man
Every day's a Sunday, dollar
In your hand
In your hand, Lordy
In your hand
Every day is a Sunday, dollar
In your hand
Stick to the promise, gal, that
You made me
Stick the promise, gal, that
You made me
Stick to the promise, gal, that
You made me
Wasn't gonna marry till I
I go free
I go free, Lordy
I go free
Wasn't gonna marry till I
I go free
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
When she walks she reels and
Rocks behind
When she walks she reels and
Rocks behind
Ain't that enough to worry
Convict's mind
Ain't that enough to worry
Convict's mind
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
Be my woman, gal I'll
Be your man
Be my woman, gal I'll
Be your man
Be my woman, gal I'll
Be your man
Every Sunday's dollar
In your hand
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
Well, Rosie
Oh Lord, gal
Rosie Q&A
Who wrote Rosie's ?
Rosie was written by Traditional.
What has Alan Lomax said about this song?
Lomax wrote
Rosie is the big song of the Mississippi Pen. We recorded it on all our visits there in a number of versions, and the melody and the telltale refrain constantly occur in other songs (see Library of Congress album of work-songs)…. “I seen little Rosie in my midnight dreams…”, they sing....