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Verse 1
This is a story (E flat major) my grandfather told us about
(A minor) when they was a slave,
know, they was on the (E flat major) taskmaster.
(E flat minor) And so they (E flat major) couldn't go to
a planta (A minor) tion
without getting a permit.
(E flat major) They had (C sharp major) somebody
had to write them a per (A minor) mit.
We're free to call to be now.
But in those days (E flat major) they had to,
this is true,
they had to get a (A minor) permit
(E flat major) an d go to the next plantation.
(E minor) Any body want to (E major) see
if your kinfolk (A minor) stayed there,
anything,
they had to get a permit.
So they had a (E flat major) man
and all the plantations (A minor) around there to
(E major) go and stay in the field
and (E flat major) go around and see who's (A minor) com ing across
there at the other plantations,
and they'd whip him away from there.
So Paul said that this place would have a man,
a large, big, tall man, you know,
and he (C sharp major) had a big head and a big face
and a (A minor) big eye and a double chin,
mostly to try to get it (E flat major) that way,
make it (A minor) look bad, you know. (E flat major) All right.
An (A minor) d this man had a long stick,
something like a (E major) baseball back
(B flat major) and he would (F major) hold it at that little end,
(A minor) then he had up on the big end,
a place cutting that
for a whip.
He got a real hard whip,
you know,
and made out of (E major) cod,
(A minor) that's they whipped
them (C sharp major) slaves with,
whipped (F sharp major) anywhere with,
(A minor) so this is a real true song.
So they named him Bill Rolling Pin
because (D major) they didn't like (A minor) him,
you (C major) see.
But they was (E flat major) trying to get
the white (C sharp major) folk
knowing that's what (E major) they was talking (A minor) about,
(B major) you see, but (F sharp major) they still was (C sharp major) get ting it off (E flat major) the chest.
Oh, (F major) Bill (A minor) Ro (F major) land Penn,
(B flat major) this morn (F major) ing, this morning.
Now, (A minor) oh, Bill Roland Pen (F major) n,
(A minor) this morning, (F major) this morning.
Now, (A minor) oh, Bill Roland Pen (F major) n
is (G major) up the road
(A minor) and (E minor) back (A minor) again (F major)
(A minor) with (G major) big eyes and a double (F major) chin.
This mornin', this (E major) mornin', (F major)
(A minor) I G'd (E major) to the mule but the mule
(F major) wouldn't G.
This mornin', this mornin',
(E major) I G'd (A minor) to the mule but the
mule wouldn't G.
This morn (F major) (A minor) in', (E major) this mornin',
(F major) I (E major) G'd (A minor) to the mule but the
mule wouldn't (F major) G.
Knocked (A minor) inside the head with a
sling (E major) of tree
(A minor) This mornin', (E major) (F major) this mornin'
(E major) Now old Bill Rollin' (E minor) (F major) Penn
This mornin', this (E minor) (F major) mornin'
(E major) Now old (A minor) Bill Rollin' (E major) Penn
This morn (A minor) in', this mornin' (E major)
Now old (A minor) Bill Rollin' (E minor) (E major) Penn
He's (A minor) up there on and back (F major) again.
With (E minor) big (G major) eyes and a double
(F major) chin.
This morning, (A minor) this (E major) morning,
I heard to the mule,
but the mule wouldn't ha.
This morning, (F major) (E major) this morning,
I heard to the mule,
but the mule wouldn't (A minor) ha.
This (E major) morning, this morning,
I heard to the (A minor) mule,
(E major) But mew wouldn't haw
You wouldn't do nothin'
but paw some law
This mornin', this mornin'
Now old Bill's (A minor) rollin' in
This morn (E major) in', this mornin'
Now old (G sharp major) Bill's (E major) rollin' in
This mornin', this mornin',
now old (G sharp minor) (G sharp major) Bill Rollin' (E major) Penn is
up (F sharp major) the road and back again
with (F sharp major) big eyes and a double
(E major) chin. (C sharp major)
(E major) This mornin', Miss Frog
went swimmin' down the lake.
This mornin', this mornin',
Miss Frog
went (E major) swimmin' down the lake.
This mornin', this morn (E major) in'
Miss Fro went swimmin' down (E major) the lake
But she got swallowed
by a big black snake
This (E major) mornin', this (E major) mornin'
Old Bill Rolling Pin
Bessie Jones
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