{"id":878,"date":"2021-03-26T11:18:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=878"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:18:21","slug":"midnight-special","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=878","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Huddie Ledbetter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-inbaddningshanterare wp-block-embed-inbaddningshanterare wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lead Belly - Midnight Special\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrdioqIMtpY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-inbaddningshanterare wp-block-embed-inbaddningshanterare wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Rivers - The Midnight Special\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5TXfcsFhc7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[D]Well, you wake up in the mornin\u2019 [G]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You hear the work bell ring [D]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they march you to the table [A7]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You see the same old thing [D]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ain\u2019t no food upon the table [G]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And no fork up in the pan [D]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you\u2019d better not complain, boy [A7]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll get in trouble with the [D]man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHORUS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the midnight [G]special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shine the light on [D]me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the midnight [A7]special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shine the light on [D]me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the midnight [G]special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shine the light on [D]me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the midnight [A7]special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shine the ever-lovin\u2019 [D]light on me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, one day, Sir<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was walking along<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I heard that Midnight Special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing a lonesome song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, let the Midnight Special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shine her light on me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the Midnight Special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shine her ever lovin light on me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ever go to Houston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know you better walk right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know you better not stagger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know you better not fight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Cause the sheriff will just arrest you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know he\u2019ll carry you down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you can bet your bottom dollar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh Lord, you\u2019re penitentiary bound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yonder come Miss Rosie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How in the world do you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can tell her by her apron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the dress she wore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umbrella on her shoulder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piece of paper in her hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goes a marchin to the Captain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Says I want my man (or she\u2019s gonna free her man)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now here comes jumpin\u2019 Judy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll tell you how I know<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know, Judy brought jumpin\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the whole wide world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She brought it in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just about the break of day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know, if I ever get to jumpin\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh Lord, I\u2019ll up and jump away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221;This may seem like a fictitious tale from the 1940s,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but up until the 1980s, vagrants and hipppies were<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sent to the Harris County Pea Farm for 30 days \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without notice to even your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite often we\u2019d find missing band members out in the field,so to speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huddie Ledbetter [D]Well, you wake up in the mornin\u2019 [G] You hear the work bell ring [D] And they march you to the table [A7] You see the same old thing [D] Ain\u2019t no food upon the table [G] And no fork up in the pan [D] But you\u2019d better not complain, boy [A7] You\u2019ll&hellip; 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