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Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:34 |
Preaching the Blues
for Tom Morgan & Hild Creed
"I always sung," Son House
once confessed. "I was brought up
singing church music, & most of my family
were zongsters. Most of them
played instruments, & they even had
a family band. I used to like to sing
my own songs
mostly. Never did care too much
about singing other people's songs.
I was brought up in church
from a littlr boy on up, & I didn't believe
in no blues. I was too churchy,
& I didn't believe in that. And I talked
against it. And I really was called
to preach the gospel. Yhat's why
I knowed it so well. I didn't have to read
the Book so much,
it came from above. But
you can't take God
& the Devil
along together, because them 2 fellows,
they don't communicate so well
together--they don't get along
so well
together. Now you've got to
separate
those 2 guys. You got to follow one
or the other. You can't hold God in one hand
& the Devil in the other. You got to turn
one of 'em a-loose. You're a friend
or an enemy
'twixt God
& the Devil. You can't sit
atraddle of the fence--
you got to give up one side
or the other. Then I began to wonder,
'Now,
how can I stand up here
in the pulpit
& preach to them,
tell them how to live,
& quick as I dismiss the congregation,
& I see nobody ain't looking,
& I'm doing the same thing."
Charlottesville, VA
July 14, 1999
New Orleans
August 24/31, 1999
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