Cat. #0809 (MFH #276) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on June 25, 1969
VERSE 1
Now, brother let me tell you
What a hypocrite 'll do
He'll come to my house
An' talk about you
They go you house
An' talk about me
When they talk
They talk mighty plain
Sally - when ya tell it
Don't you call my name
An' its uoo John, halleluyah
Come preaching in th wilderness
VERSE 2
Well, a Louisana nigger lay'in behind a log
His finger on th trigger
His eye on a hog
Pulled that trigger
An' th gun went whip
Jumped on that hog
With all his grit
An' it's uoo John, halleluyah
Come preaching in th wilderness
VERSE 3
Well, some says a preacher
They won't steal
But I caught two
In my watermelon field
They's preach'in an' pray'in
Talk'in all th time
Eat'in out th inside
Throw'in away th rhine
An' it's uoo John, halleluyah
Come preaching in th wilderness
VERSE 4
Well ole Aunt Dinah
She was sick in th bed
She raised up th window
N' she stuck out 'er head
Long come a snowball
Hit 'er cur-ven
Nigger, nigger, nigger
Don't you do that again
An' it's uoo John, halleluyah
Come preaching in th wilderness