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"Pauvre homme, tu n'es sûr de rien./ On te promet le Paradis/ Tâche plutôt, je te le dis/ Ici-bas de créer le tien
Omar Khayyam
Blind Willie Jonhson, Keep your lamp... Le texte de ce blues est issu de près ou de loin de la parabole des vierges sages et des vierges folles. les sages ont pensé à entretenir leurs lampes, mèches et huile. Les folles, non. Les sages pourront traverser l'obscurité jusqu'au seuil du Paradis, où les attend Jésus. Les folles, non.
En partant sur l'idée qu'il est plus sage de penser un Paradis ici-bas, disons que c'est précieux une mèche, de l'huile, une flamme. Quand la nuit est sombre, quand le sol est froid....
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lyrics
don't get worried
don't get worried
don't get worried
See what the Lord has done
Keep your lamp trimmed and a-burning
Keep your lamp trimmed and a-burning
Keep your lamp trimmed and a-burning
Oh See what the Lord has done
don't get worried
don't get worried
don't get worried
Oh See what the Lord has done
Heaven's journey, is almost over
Heaven's journey, is almost over
Heaven's journey, is almost over
See what the Lord has done
Keep your lamp trimmed and a-burning
Keep your lamp trimmed and a-burning
Keep your lamp trimmed and a-burning
Oh See what the Lord has done
Sister don't get worried
Sister don't get worried
Sister don't get worried
Oh See what the Lord has done
Brother don't get worried
Brother don't get worried
Brother don't get worried
Work is almost done
Work is almost done
Work is almost done
Work is almost done
credits
from
Bayou Bastardise,
released January 15, 2021
Blind Willie Johnson, 1928.
Arnaud Fradin : Guitare, Chant / Thomas Troussier : Harmonica / Igor Pichon : Contrebasse / Richard Housset : Percussions / Laurence Le Baccon : Chant / Julie Dumoulin : Chant.
Enregistré et mixé par Arnaud Fradin.
Enregistrement le 29 octobre 2020 à Champtoceaux, 49.
Mix @ Mojo hand Studio, Nantes, 44.
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