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It Take a Long Pull to Get There Lyrics by Alexander Smalls

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[JAKE]
Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish banks
No matter what the weather say
And when I say I'm goin' I means goin'
And I'm leavin' at the break of day
It take a long pull
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
To get there, huh!
[JAKE]
It take a long pull
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
To get there, huh!
[JAKE]
It take a long pull
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
To get there
[JAKE]
But I'll anchor in the Promised Land
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
In the Promised Land
[JAKE]
And Lordy, if I meet Mister Hurricane
And Hurricane tell me no
I'll take old Mister Hurricane by the pants
And I'll throw him in the jailhouse door
It take a long pull
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
To get there, huh!
[JAKE]
It take a long pull
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
To get there, huh!
[JAKE]
It take a long pull
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
To get there
[JAKE]
But I'll anchor in the Promised Land
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
In the Promised Land
[JAKE]
I got a blister on my sittin' down place
I got a blister in my hand
But I'm gonna row this little boat, trust me God
'Til I anchor in the Promised Land
[JAKE & FISHERMEN]
It take a long pull to get there, huh!
It take a long pull to get there, huh!
It take a long pull to get there
But I'll anchor in the Promised Land
In the Promised Land
Land

About “It Take a Long Pull to Get There” by Alexander Smalls

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