Lionel Hampton - Boogie

Lavender Coffin

I spent my life playing dice and the horses
From Saratoga to Timbuktu
And now that I'm running my last mile honey
Please make my wish come true

All I want is a lavender coffin
White Cardenas all around
Swing bands playing a funeral march
As they roll me into the holy ground

All I want is eleven sweet maidens
They're all singing that you've got to be hip
Singing around my lavender coffin
A-swinging on the funeral steps

(Saint Peter) I'm a-comin'
(Saint Peter) yes, I'm a-comin' today
(Saint Peter) yeah, I'm a comin'
So open up those gates on my judgement day

Hear those angels solemnly singing
Gabriel blowing the funeral sound
That's all I want, is my lavender coffin
When they lower me into the holy ground

(Saint Peter) I'm a-comin'
(Saint Peter) yeah, I'm a-comin'
(Saint Peter) Hey, Peter, I ain't been bad
So open up the gates on my judgement day



Credits
Writer(s): Shirley Albert
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Altri album

  1. Lionel Hampton All Stars Live Sweden September 1953 (Restauración 2024)
  2. Two Generations - Lionel Hampton Meets Lars Erstrand (Remastered 2021)
  3. New Movements in Be-Bop
  4. Lionel Hampton: 1938-1939 (Live)
  5. The Complete Victor Lionel Hampton Sessions, Vol. 2
  6. The Complete Victor Lionel Hampton Sessions, Vol. 1
  7. Jazz Time Paris Vol. 4 / 5 / 6
  8. Jazz Time Paris, Vol. 4 / 5 / 6
  9. Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - Big Bands
  10. All that Jazz, Vol. 32 "Real Crazy": Lionel Hampton in Studio, Live in Paris, and at Apollo Hall New York, 1954 (Remastered 2015)

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