THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR * GOLDEN GATE QUARTET *
Como curiosidad , os ofrecemos este tema popular THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR, en la versión del grupo GOLDEN GATE QUARTET (*), decíamos como curiosidad porque dicho tema fué grabado en el año 1937..... , ( aunque con anterioridad lo hiciera Arhur Collins . 1908) pero podría ser perfectamente un tema de rabiosa actualidad en modo RAP..... ya existía el rap ? se lo inventaron Golden Gate Quartet ?...... Noooo, seguro , pero estuvo ahí hasta que "raperos " más o menos de actualidad se lo hicieron suyo ..... o más bien dicho han tenido cierto éxito entre un determinado y muy concreto tipo de público.
Con posterioridad dicho tema fué grabado por distintos artistas como, Arthur Collins version, que hizo una versión en 1908 !! Phil Harris version, The Jubalaires , 1941 , 1947 Jerry Reed version, 1970
(*) Puedes encontrar información mas amplia del grupo en SENTIR EL BLUES / BLUES ON TIME
The Preacher and the Bear is an American popular song, originally a "coon song". The lyrics recount the story of a church pastor who appeals to God after being treed by a grizzly bear while out hunting on the Sabbath. He falls out of the tree and has to fight the bear. Various versions have been recorded.
George Fairman wrote the song. Sheet music was published for it by Capitol Music House of Columbus, Ohio in 1904. Publisher Arthur Longbrake composed the song using the pseudonym Joe Arzonia. Ragtime artist Arthur Francis Collins recorded the song in 1905 and it became a huge hit, selling over a million records. He continued performing and recording the song for various records over several decades. Sheet music for the song was also published in 1905 by Joseph Morris.The song was later recorded by various artists including Phil Harris in 1947, The Jubalaires, and Jerry Reed on his album Georgia Sunshine. It was also recorded by the Golden Gate Quartet.
The University Of Arkansas' Ozark Folksong Collection has a 1962 recording from Jasper, Arkansas, of an a capella version with racial slurs included in the lyrics.
The Preacher and the Bear by Jerry Reed
The preacher went out a huntin', it was on one Sunday morn'
It was against his religion, but he took a shotgun along
He got himself a mess a' mighty fine quail and one old scraggly hare
And on the way home he crossed the path of a Great big grizzly bear
Well the bear got down lookin' ready to charge
The preacher never seen nothin' quite that large
They looked each other right smack in the eye
Didn't take that preacher long to say bye
The preacher he run till he spotted a tree
He said "up in that tree's where I auta be"
By the time that bear made a grab for him
The preacher was a sittin' on top a that limb
Scared to death, he tuned about
He looked to the sky and began to shout,
Hey lord, you delivered Daniel from the bottom of the lion's den
You delivered Joana, from the belly of the whale and then,
The Hebrew children from the fiery furnace so the good books do declare
Hey lord, if you can't help me, for goodness sake don't help that bear
Ya, look out preacher
Well, about that time the limb broke off and the preacher came tumblin' down
Had a straight razor out of his pocket by the time he lit on the ground
He landed on his feet right in front a that bear and lord what an awful fight
The preacher and the bear and the razor and the hair flyin' from left to right
Well first they was up and then they was down, the preacher and the bear runnin' round n' round
The bear he roared and the the preacher he groaned, he was havin' a tough time holdin' his own
He said Lord if I get out a here alive, to the good book I'll abide
No more huntin' on the Sabbath day, come Sunday I'm headin' to the church to pray
Up to the heavens the preacher glanced, he said Lord won't you give me just one more chance
So the preacher got away, he looked around seen a tree where he'd be safe and sound
Jumped on a limb, turned about, looked to the sky and began to shout
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Compositors: Joe Arizona
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