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All My Trials

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Hush little baby don't you cry
You know your mama was born to die.
All my trials Lord soon be over

The river of Jordan is muddy and cold
Well it chills the body but not the soul.
All my trials Lord soon be over

I've got a little book with pages three
And every page spells liberty.
All my trials Lord soon be over

Too late my brothers
Too late but never mind.
All my trials Lord soon be over

If livin' were a thing that money could buy
You know the rich would live and the poor would die.
All my trials Lord soon be over

There grows a tree in paradise
And the pilgrims call it the tree of life.
All my trials Lord soon be over

Too late my brothers
Too late but never mind.
All my trials Lord soon be over
All my trials Lord soon be over

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sunnyhill On May 17, 2007

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2007-05-17 07:00:33

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Cover art for All My Trials lyrics by Joan Baez

by vphi

16y ago

Bad catchy song alert: never ever listen to this song! I love sad sad blues and I love Joan Baez. Still, I hate this song. A tired mother singing a lullaby - grumblingly. "born to die" is a piece of negative thinking if I ever heard one. Pity I can not get this sticky song out of my head.

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by Sunnyhill 15y ago

Are you saying she wants to die because she is tired? It seems to me more of a protest song about a mother who is dying for a cause or as a result of persecution?

Cover art for All My Trials lyrics by Joan Baez

by vphi

16y ago

"If living were a thing that money could buy" is what Joan sings in 1960 LP record, not religion. Makes more sense to me, too.

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by Sunnyhill 15y ago

Ta for that :)

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