Po Lazarus
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James Carter & The Prisoners Well, the high sheriff He told his deputy "Want you go out…
James Carter - Po Lazarus Well, the high sheriff He told his deputy "Want you go out…
James Carter and The Prisoners Well, the high sheriff He told his deputy Want you go out…





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Bender Bending Rofriguez

Well, the high sheriff
He told his deputy
Want you go out and bring me Lazarus
Well, the high sheriff
Told his deputy
I want you go out and bring me Lazarus
Bring him dead or alive,
Lawd, Lawd
Bring him dead or alive
Well the deputy he told the high sheriff
I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus
Well the deputy he told the high sheriff
Says I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus
Well he's a dangerous man
Lawd, Lawd
He's a dangerous man
Well then the high sheriff, he found Lazarus
He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain
Well the high sheriff, found Lazarus
He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain
With his head hung down
Lawd, Lawd
With his head hung down
Well then the high sheriff, he told Lazarus
He says Lazarus I come to arrest you
Well the high sheriff, told Lazarus
Says Lazarus I come to arrest you
And bring ya dead or alive
Lawd, Lawd
Bring you dead or alive
Well then Lazarus, he told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
Well Lazarus, told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
By no one man
Lawd, Lawd
By no one man
And then the high sheriff, he shot Lazarus
Well, he shot him mighty big number
Well the high sheriff, shot Lazarus
Well he shot him with a mighty big number
With a forty five
Lawd, Lawd
With a forty five
Well then they take old Lazarus
Yes they laid him on the commissary gallery
Well they taken poor Lazarus
And the laid him on the commissary gallery
He said my wounded side
Lawd, Lawd
My wounded side



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Archie MacLellan

I work on the railways in Scotland. A recent job required the scaling of a cliff using 5lbs mattocks I started singing this to my self. It was the hardest weeks work of my life. This song in my head helped me through the heat and the boss who was roaring at anyone in sight.

Myakka Chopper

An interesting note about this song in particular as it was originally recorded was James Carter. in September 1959 carter was chopping wood with a mississippi road gang where he often led the men singing when he was incidentally recorded. he served his sentence became a shipping clerk and retired in 2002. The recording was archived and ended up on the O brother soundtrack which sold more than 5 million copies. It took about a year to track him down and start paying him royalty checks.

tyler roberts

I find it funny they even bothered
they could have gotten away with not paying him a cent, but they not only willingly ponied up the money, they spent a year track him down just to pay him

StonyRC

Even more remarkable than the incredible song itself is that it's a 1959 recording of a real Mississippi chain-gang.

SteelWolfSentinel

That's remarkably high quality for something from so long ago.

tyler roberts

@SteelWolfSentinel I'm sure they touched it up

LeeDuKe 951

Didn’t know that

Chris McQueen

@L D I don't know if it is or not, but go listen to Miles Davis Kinda Blue -- 1959 was plenty advanced in recording quality

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Leila Sutton

The siren scene where one turns into a frog was filmed right up the road, in the backwaters . Yes, I live in Mississippi. And this music is still relevant here. Matter o fact, my mama loved this soundtrack so much that a portion of it was played at her funeral in 2012. I'll meet you down by the river when I come, Mama. Won't be long now...

Bruce Hartsell

I visited there recently.

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