Providence Help the Poor People-Big Joe Williams/D.R

[ti:providence Help the Poor People] [ar:Big Joe Williams] [al:Take My Music and Play] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Providence Help the Poor People - Big Joe Williams [00:03.12]Written by：Big Joe Williams [00:06.25]Well the providence helpin' the poor people [00:08.28] [00:10.60]Lord those could not help theirselves [00:12.57] [00:15.73]Well the providence helpin' the poor people [00:17.79] [00:18.78]Those could not help theirselves boy [00:20.67] [00:23.81]They give em all a meal a day boys [00:25.82] [00:26.50]Then they help someone else [00:28.56] [00:31.66]I went to the office this mornin' 'bout a half past four [00:34.49] [00:35.53]Heard Mr Roosevelt say they wasn't [00:36.87]Gonna help no more [00:38.24]Told them [00:39.00] [00:40.39]No providence it ain't gonna help no more [00:42.63] [00:45.93]Well well it may be tomorrow hoo hoo [00:48.18]Lord I don't really know [00:49.49] [00:55.45]Well Mr Roosevelt told me ain't [00:56.67]Gonna be no hard times no more [00:58.08] [00:59.07]He gonna let the poor people go any place [01:00.83]They wants to go [01:01.57] [01:03.05]I told him [01:03.82] [01:04.47]Yes providence it ain't gonna help no more [01:06.49] [01:08.69]Well well it may be tomorrow hoo [01:10.77]Lord I won't be back no more [01:12.32] [01:17.09]I got up this mornin' 'bout a half past eight [01:19.98] [01:20.72]Started down Pine Street boy to get my meal ticket straight [01:23.43]They told me [01:23.97]No providence it ain't gonna help no more [01:27.37] [01:31.29]Well well it may be tomorrow hoo [01:33.26]Lord might dust my bed to go [01:34.91] [01:39.63]Well it's some has a shovel some has a spade [01:42.22] [01:43.29]You know the providence will give me [01:44.67]And my babe a place to stay [01:45.87]And I told them no he wasn't gonna help you no more [01:49.78] [01:53.55]Well well it may be tomorrow hoo [01:55.52]Lord I don't really know [01:56.90] [02:04.61]Well the rooster told the hen the hen go lay [02:08.22] [02:09.08]She told him [02:09.60]No the providence give me a place to stay [02:11.59]She told him no she don't have to lay no more [02:15.11] [02:19.28]Well well it may be tomorrow hoo [02:21.32]Lord I won't be back here at all [02:22.91] [02:26.65]I aksed my woman this mornin' could I fill her place [02:28.72] [02:29.25]She said [02:29.70]No Joe the providence give me a place to stay [02:32.02]She told me no Lord [02:34.29]I could not fill her place [02:36.20] [02:39.00]Lord I believe I'll get up in the mornin' hoo Lord [02:41.11]I believe I'll leave this place [02:43.06] [02:47.11]Every mornin' the clock be strikin' eight [02:49.02] [02:51.84]That's when I go down to providence boy and [02:53.56]I can't get my business straight [02:55.23]They told me no [02:56.74] [02:57.95]They wasn't gonna help me no more