I Been Singin'
words and music by Roy Zimmerman
© 1994 Watunes (BMI)
(From "Sing it Loud" and "The Best of the Foremen")

I been singin' this song so mighty long, Lord, Lord
Yeah, I been singin' this song so mighty long
I been singin', singin', singin', Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
And I'm startin' to repeat myself

(spoken)
In the late 1950's they packed everything they owned into rickety Volkswagen buses and set out across the vast, barren landscape of American popular music. They were fearless! They were passionate! They were folk singers! Armed with nothing but crude, ill-tuned instruments, they sang about everyday concerns... like mining disasters and high-seas plunder. And they sang about the rights of the common man... and of chicken without no bone. And they sang about the love between a brother and a sister... Impractical, at best. This, then, is our tribute to these plucky people, and to their heroic struggle to popularize the music known as folk!

(sung)
Oh, the mountain is high, and the valley is low
And the river is wide, and the bridge is narrow
And the wind is cold, and the skillet is greasy
I wanna get to heaven but I'm so tired o' workin'
I'm so tired o' workin', Lordy

(spoken)
Folk music has an enduring appeal which has lasted from the beginning of time, right up through roughly 1974. Folk music is music of the people... but it's good anyway. It's music that reveals, rather than conceals... stirs, rather than shakes... and wears turtlenecks rather than washing regularly. So sit back, relax and enjoy this music, and, well, if the spirit should move you to sing along... Don't!

(sung)
Now, when I'm gone, and when I've died
I want my body mummified
So tightly wound in a linen band
And I'll be bound, I'll be bound
I'll be bound for the promised land

I been singin' this song so mighty long, Lord, Lord
Yeah, I been singin' this song so mighty long
I been singin', singin', singin', Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
And I'm startin' to repeat myself
-peat myself
And, did I mention
I been singin', singin', singin', Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
And I'm startin' to repeat myself !!!!!!
Self!!