Artist: Original Off Broadway Cast of The Scottsboro Boys
Lyrics of Artist: Original Off Broadway Cast of The Scottsboro Boys
  1. [Lyric] Electric Chair (Original Off Broadway Cast of The Scottsboro Boys)

    [MR. BONES] Hey little boy Look over there That’s what they call an electric chair [MR. TAMBO] If on that chair You put your rear Your hair frizzes out And your eyes disappear [BOTH] It’s a natural fact, I hear [MR. BONES] Not ev’ry state’s got one of those [MR. TAMBO] It can deep fry your skin, it can curl up your toes [BOTH] It’s a natural...Learn More
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  2. [Lyric] Southern Days (Original Off Broadway Cast of The Scottsboro Boys)

    [THE INTERLOCUTOR, spoken] Now you boys are waiting for the verdict, sing that sing about home we love so much. Go on. Sing it! [HAYWOOD, CLARENCE, ROY & OLEN] Don’t you miss the sight of willows drippin’ On a balmy southern day? Don’t you miss the taste of julep sippin’ As you while that day away? And in the kitchen, mammy’s pullin’ pork Bakin’...Learn More
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  3. [Lyric] Shout (Original Off Broadway Cast of The Scottsboro Boys)

    [HAYWOOD] Second chance! Thank ya’ Lord! Thank ya’, thank ya’ Lord! [ROY, spoken] We got ourselves another trial! [ALL] Second chance! [ROY] Second chance! [ALL] Thank ya’, Lord! [ROY] Thank ya’, Lord! [ALL] Thank ya’, thank ya’ Lord! Shout! Let it be celebrated Stand and slap your tambourines Blues have been annihilated Blown to...Learn More
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  4. [Lyric] Commencing In Chattanooga Reprise (Original Off Broadway Cast of The Scottsboro Boys)

    [CLARENCE] Commencing in chattanooga [ANDY, spoken] Where did Haywood go? Anyone see him escape? [CLARENCE] Commencing in chattanooga [EUGENE, spoken] Where do you think he went? [CLARENCE] On the southern railroad line [ALL] On the southern railroad line [CLARENCE] Haywood slipped past the devil As he looked the other way [ALL] On the...Learn More
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