Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
This haunting religious piece is the penultimate track off the famous Last Sessions album, recorded just before the artist’s death. Thematically straightforward, Hurt elegantly ties the song in to the gospel/spiritual tradition by the biblical phrase–only barely whispered–“don’t know the minute or t...
Yes, Yes, well, get ready, you've got to die
Oh, yes, well, get ready...
Yes and make...
Don't know the minute or the hour
Yes, well, get ready, you've got to die
Yes, I'm praying, be ready, I've got to die
I'm praying to be ready...
Well, a-
Oh, deacon, get ready, you've got to die
Oh, deacon, get ready...
Yes!
Oh, deacon get ready, you've got to die, oh
Oh, you just well get ready, you got to
Yes!
Oh, preacher, get ready, you got to die, oh!
Oh, preacher, get ready, you've got to die
Yes sir!
You don't know the minute or the hour
Just well, a'get ready, you got to die
Yes you just well, get ready, you got to die
Oh, you just well, to get ready...
Oh well it-
Oh, you just well, get ready, you got to die
You’ve Got To Die was written by Mississippi John Hurt.