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Drinking of the Wine

by Bascom Lamar Lunsford

on Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina (1996), Music From South Turkey Creek (1976)

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, holy wine
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine

Drink it, members, drink it please
It flows from the root of the ____ tree
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, holy wine
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine

Drink it, sisters, drink it please
And meet me at Galilee
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, holy wine
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine

If my mother calls for me
Tell her that death has silenced me
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine

Drinking of the wine, wine, wine
Drinking of the wine, holy wine
Y'oughta been there four thousand years
Drinking of the wine