Charlie Poole: If the River was Whiskey

Cumadóir: Charlie Poole

If the River was Whiskey If the river was whiskey and I was a duck I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate? If the river was whiskey and the branch was wine You would see me in bathing just any old time Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate? I was born in England, raised in France I ordered a suit of clothes and they wouldn't send the pants Tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate? I was born in Alabama, I’s raised in Tennessee If you don't like my peaches, don't shake on my tree Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate? I looked down the road just as far as I could see A man had my woman and the blues had me Tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate? I ain't no doctor but the doctor's son I can do the doct'rin' till the doctor comes Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate? Got the hesitation stockings, the hesitation shoes Believe to my Lord, I've got the hesitation blues Tell me how long have I got to wait? Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?

Amhrán na hAibhleoige Dá mbeinnse im’ lacha is fuisce san abhainn Do thumfainn ann láithreach agus d’fhanfainnse ann Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo! Dá mba fuisce ’bhí san abhainn, is an chraobh ’na fíon Is ann a bheinn ag folcadh ó mhaidin go hoích’ Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo! Im’ leaid óg in Éirinn, ansin sa Fhrainc Mura dtiocfadh tú labhróidh mé le bainisteoir an bhainc Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo! Im leaid óg in Alabama, ansin in Tennessee Ar mhaith leat triail a bhaint as bheith id bhean an tí Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo! D’fhéachas síos an ród is bhí ana iontas orm Mo bhean ag fear eile, bhraitheas ana ghorm Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo! Ní dochtúir mise, is mise an mac An mian leat bheith leigheasta, munar mian ná bac Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo! Tá aibhleog i mo stocaí agus aibhleog i mo bhróg Íosa Críost na bhFlaitheas tá an aibhleog i mo phóg Ó, in ainm Dé, an mbead ag feitheamh go deo? Ó, an bhfuil aon seans ort, táim i m’aibhleog bheo!