TALK ABOUT SUFFERIN' (trad.)

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RALPH RINZLER: Doc remembers listening to his Granny Lottie sing this song (probably from the "Southern Harmony" hymnal, says he) when he was just a boy. He had forgotten the song completely until he heard an eighty year old man sing it at a nearby church one Sunday evening. The hymnal would undoubtedly give a shape note harmony setting; Doc's rendition, like his Grandmother's, is simply an informal one reflecting no traditional solo style of human singing -- just the age old practice of singing along while working.
Liner notes for "DOC WATSON," Deep Gap, NC, 1964.

Lyrics as recorded by Doc Watson, vocal; released on "DOC WATSON" (1964).
Transcribed by Manfred Helfert.

Talk about sufferin' here below
And talk about lovin' Jesus.
Talk about sufferin' here below
And let's keep a-followin' Jesus.

The gospel train is coming;
Now, don't you want to go
An' leave this world of trials
An' troubles here below?

Oh, can't you hear it, fathers,
An' don't you want to go,
An' leave this world of trials
An' troubles here below?

Talk about sufferin' here below
And talk about lovin' Jesus.
Talk about sufferin' here below
And let's keep a-followin' Jesus.

Oh, can't you hear it, mothers,
An' don't you want to go,
An' leave this world of trials
An' troubles here below?

Talk about sufferin' here below
And talk about lovin' Jesus.
Talk about sufferin' here below
And let's keep a-followin' Jesus.

Oh, can't you hear it, brother,
An' don't you want to go,
An' leave this world of trials
An' troubles here below?

Oh, can't you hear it, sister,
An' don't you want to go,
An' leave this world of trials
An' troubles here below?

Talk about sufferin' here below
And talk about lovin' Jesus.
Talk about sufferin' here below
And let's keep a-followin' Jesus.

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