The Midnight Special
Harry Belafonte

Well, you wake up in the morning, you hear the work bell ring,
And they march you to the table to see the same old thing.
Ain't no food upon the table, and no pork up in the pan.
But you better not complain, boy, you get in trouble with the man.

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever-loving light on me.

Yonder come miss Rosie, how in the world did you know?
By the way she wears her apron, and the clothes she wore.
Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand;
She come to see the governor, she wants to free her man.

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever-loving light on me.

If you're ever in Houston, well, you better do the right;
You better not gamble, there, you better not fight, at all
Or the sheriff will grab you and the boys will bring you down.
The next thing you know, boy, Oh! You're prison bound.

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever-loving light on me.

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever-loving light on me.


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Lyrics by Harry Belafonte

  A Star in the East   A Hole In the Bucket   A Star In The East   A Strange Song   A Strange Song   A Woman is a Sometime Thing   All My Trails   Amandla   Amen   And I Love You So   Angelina   Angelique-O   Annabelle Lee   Bam Bam Bamba   Banana Boat (Day-O)   Banana Boat Song   Betty An' Dupree   Betty and Dupree   By The Time I Get To Phoenix   Can’t Cross Over (river Come Down)   Capetown   Christmas Is Coming   Close Your Eyes   Cocoanut Woman   Coconut Woman   Come Away Melinda   Come Back Liza   Come Back Liza [Live]   Cotton Fields   Cotton Fields [Live]   Crawdad Song   Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma   Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma [Alternate Take][*]   Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma   Cucurrucucu Paloma   Cycles   Danny Boy   Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)   Danny Boy [Live]   Dark As A Dungeon   Day O   Day-O   Day-O (Banana Boat Song)   Day-O (Banana Boat)   Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)   Did You Hear About Jerry?   Did You Know   Don't Ever Love Me   Don't Ever Love Me   Done Laid Around (AKA Gotta Travel On)   Ezekiel   Fare Thee Well   Four Strong Winds   Get An Ugly Girl To Marry You   Global Carnival   Gloria   Glory Manger   Go Down Emanuel Road   Go Down Emanuel Road [CD Reissue Only][*]   Go Down Old Hannah   God Bless The Child   Goin' Down Jordan   Gomen Nasai   Gotta Travel On   Gotta Travel On [#]   Green Grow The Lilacs   Haiti Cherie   Hallelujah I Love Her So   Hallelujah, I Love Her So   Hallelujah, I Love Her So [Live]   Hava Nageela   Hava Nageela [Alternate Take][*]   Hava Nagila   Hold 'Em Joe   Hold 'Em Joe   How Do You Keep the Music Playing   How Do You Keep the Music Playing?   How Green Was My Valley   How Green Was My Valley   Hurry Sundown   I Do Adore Her   I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day   I Still Get a Thrill   I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)   If I Were A Carpenter   In The Name Of Love   Island In The Sun   Island in the Sun [From Island in the Sun]   Jamaïca Farewell   Jamaica Farewell   Jamaica Farewell [Based on Trad. Air]   Jamaica Farewell [Excerpt]   John Henry   Jump In Line (Shake, Shake Senora)   Jump In The Line   Jump In The Line (Shake, Shake Señora)   Jump in the Line [From the Lynx Fever TV Advert]   Kingston Market   Kingston Town   Kwela (Listen To The Man)   La Bamba   La Bamba [Live]   La Bamba [Mexican Dance Song]   Land Of The Sea And Sun   Lean on Me   Lemon Tree   Long About Now   Love, Love Alone   Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad   Mama Look a Boo Boo   Mama Look a Boo Boo (Shut Your Mouth-Go Away)   Mama Look a Boo Boo [Melody]   Mama Look a Boo-Boo (Shut Your Mouth-Go Away)   Mama Look at Boo Boo   Mama, Look At Bubu   Man Piaba   Man Smart (Woman Smarter)   Man Smart [Woman Smarter]   Man Smart, Woman Smarter   Marianne   Mary's Boy Child   Mary's Boy Child   Matilda   Matilda, Matilda   Matilda, Matilda   Matilda, Matilda [Live]   Matilda!   Memphis Tennessee   Michael Row The Boat Ashore   Michael, Row the Boat Ashore   Midnight Special   Midnight Special [*]   Monkey   Muleskinner   My Lord What A Mornin'   My Lord What A Mornin'   No Regrets   Old King Cole   Old King Cole [Live]   On Top Of Old Smokey   One More Dance   Out De Fire   Pastures Of Plenty   Play Me   Rock Island Line   Rocks and Gravel   Scarlet Ribbons   Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)   Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair)   Send for Me   Shame And Scandal   Shenandoah   Silent Night   Skin To Skin   Smoke Gets in Your Eyes   Summertime Love   Suzanne   Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes Down)   Sweetheart from Venezuela   Sylvie   The Banana Boat (Day-O)   The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)   The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face   The Fox   The Gifts They Gave   The Marching Saints   The Night Has a Thousand Eyes   The Son Of Mary   The Twelve Days of Christmas   The Way That I Feel   Those Three Are On My Mind   Try To Remember   Turn The World Around   Twelve Days Of Christmas   Two Brothers [#]   Unchained Melody   Venezuela   Water Boy   Water Boy - Odetta   We Are The Wave   We Make Love   We Wish You A Merry Christmas   Were You There When They Crucified My Lord   When Spring Comes Round   When The Saint Go Marching In   When the Saints Go Marching In   When the Saints Go Marching In [Alternate Take][*]   Where Have All the Flowers Gone   Where The Little Jesus Sleeps   Whispering   Who's Gonna Be Your Man   Will His Love Be Like His Rum   Will His Love Be Like His Rum?   Zombie Jamboree   Zombie Jamboree (Back To Back)

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