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SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down [1956]
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Guitar
Ernie Hayes
Ernie Hayes
Piano
Doc Bagby
Doc Bagby
Organ
Ernest Richardson
Ernest Richardson
Guitar
Panama Francis
Panama Francis
Drums
Lloyd Trotman
Lloyd Trotman
Double Bass
Harry Bagby
Harry Bagby
Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Composer

Lyrics

Can't no grave hold my body down
Can't no grave hold my body down
Y'know when the first trumpet sound, I'm gonna get up out of the ground
Can't no grave hold my body down
It was early one morning, just about the break of day
The angel came from glory and rolled the stone away
But when the women came along, and they found that the savior was gone
You know can't no grave hold my body down
I want you to go yonder, Gabriel
Stand on the land and the sea
But I don't want you to blow that trumpet Gabriel
Until you get an answer from me
I want you to blow blow blow blow blow
Blow blow blow blow blow
Can't no grave hold my body down, no no no
Can't no grave, you know, hold my body down, I'm gonna rise one morning
Can't no grave hold my body down, woah yes
When that first, first trumpet, don't you know I'm gonna get up, get up off the ground
Can't no grave hold my body down
Can't no grave hold my body down
Well well well, can't no grave hold my body down
Can't no grave hold my body down
Can't no grave hold my body down
Written by: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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