
Life Saver Blues
Transcribed from vocals by Lonnie Johnson, recorded
November 9, 1927
From Lonnie
Johnson, Complete Recorded Works 19257-1928, in Chronological Order, volume
3, Document Records DOCD-5065.
It's raining and
storming on the sea,
We're miles
and miles from shore.
It's raining
and storming on the sea,
We're miles
and miles from shore.
The way the
waves is rocking this ship,
We won't see
home no more.
The wind is
so strong,
Turning this
old ship round and round,
The wind is
so strong,
Turning this
old ship round and round,
Something tells
me,
Won't be long
before we're sinking down.
The captain
say, "Get your life saver,
Fasten them
around your waist,"
Captain say,
"Get your life saver,
And fasten them
around your waist,
Because we're
sinking down,
And some life
boat is your safest place."
And we floated
all night long in the storm,
Lost miles and
miles from shore;
And the water
was freezing, A
nd the rain
began to pour.
I said, "Girls
and boys, let's pray,
'Cause we won't
see home no more."
Uncle Sam's
ship was coming,
Painted in red,
white and blue,
Uncle Sam's
ship was coming,
Painted in red,
white and blue,
We say we live
in New York City,
Red and white,
blue brought us all the way through.
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