O Mary Don’t You Weep (Bruce Springsteen // Deron Johnson) [Harry Roseland]

O Mary Don’t You Weep
Version 1 performed by Bruce Springsteen
Version 2 performed by Deron Johnson (05:52)
Music by an anonymous composer / traditional
Lyrics by an anonymous writer / traditional
Paired here with a modified version of “To the Highest Bidder” (1904) by Harry Herman Roseland

Well, if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

Mary wore three links of chain
On every link was Jesus' name
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

One of these nights about 12 o'clock
This old world is gonna rock
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Smote the water with a two by four
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

Well, Mr. Satan, he got mad
Missed that soul he thought he had
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

Brothers and sisters, don't you cry
There'll be better times by and by
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

God gave Noah the rainbow sign
"No more water, but fire next time"
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown(d)e(a)d
O Mary don't you weep...