Rev. Gary Davis
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning (Unedited Basic Track)
[Spoken Intro: Mike Roe]
Are you all ready to play?
[Bruce Spencer]
Yeah, man. 1, 2!
[Verse 1]
Mother, don't you stop a-prayin'
Father, keep on prayin'
Mother, don't you stop a-prayin'
For this old world is almost done
[Chorus 1]
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
For this old world is almost done
[Verse 2]
Ah, sister, don't you stop a-prayin'
Brother, keep on prayin'
Sister, don't you stop a-prayin'
For this old world is almost done
[Chorus 1]
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
For this old world is almost
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Well, keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Father
Mother, trimmed and burnin'
For this old world is almost done
[Chorus 2]
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin'
For this old race is almost run
[Guitar Solo]
[Spoken Outro: Roe]
Let's go listen to it.