Drinking Of The Wine -Traditional Spiritual - Guitar - Commentary after song

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Music "Bascom Lamar Lunsford Songs" "Traditional American Folk Songs"

Drinking Of The Wine is an old Traditional African American Spiritual. Bascom Lamar Lunsford learned it at an African American Church in 1902. It`s on his CD, Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina. I sing and play it this time on the guitar in open D tuning. Right hand technique is sort of like the Carter Scratch which is named after Mother Maybelle Carter. It`s an uplifting spiritual song that southes the soul. I hesitated weather to post this or not because the vocals are a little too buried to my ears. The guitar, vocal balance is off. I like the vocals more up front and prominent. I hope I can find a way to record better in this style on the nylon string guitar because it`s so much fun playing this way in open tunings.

Drinking Of The Wine - Lyrics
arranged and performed by
Dan D. Dirges
Banjo Tuning = dADFsharpA but tuned down a half step
Guitar Tuning = Open D Tuning DADFsharpAD (acual tuning is Csharp)

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, that holy wine
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinking of the wine

If anybody asks, tell em I`m gone
Tell em I've gone, to Gallilee,
You oughta been there, for a thousand years,
Drinkin' of the wine

If my mother comes calling for me
Tell her death has silenced me
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinking of the wine

If you get there before I do
Tell my Jesus I'm a-comin' too.
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinkin' of the wine.

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, holy wine
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinking of the wine
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Drink it, members, drink it free
It flows from the root of a tender tree
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinking of the wine

If anybody asks, about that time,
Everbodys dead and gone on high,
You ought been there for a thousand years,
Drinkin' wine.

You may mourn, sinner, mourn,
Christ`s mercy will flow on you
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinking of the wine

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, holy wine
Y'oughta been there for a thousand years
Drinking of the wine

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