Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

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John Fahey

John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He would later incorporate classical, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Indian music into his œuvre. Fahey wrote a largely apocryphal autobiography. He spent many of his later years in poverty and poor health, but enjoyed a minor career r… more »

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1975

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Fred:
Well, keep a-your lamp
Annie Mae:
(Trimmed an burnin')

Keep a-your lamp
(Oh, trimmed an burnin')
Keep a-your lamp
(Oh, trimmed an burnin')
See what the Lord have done

Don't be (worried)
Don't (you get worried)
Don't be (worried)
See what the Lord have done

Don't
Well, don't (you worry)
Well, don't (you worry)
See what the Lord have done

(Oh, keep a-yo' lamp)
(Oh, keep a-yo' lamp)
(Oh, keep a-yo' lamp)
(See what the Lord have done)

Well, don't (you worry)
Don't (you worry)
Don't (you worry)
See what the Lord have done

Well, don't get worried
Chillen, don't (you get worried)
Chillen, don't you get worried
See what the Lord have done

Well, keep your lamp
(All trimmed an burnin')
Keep-a your lamp
(All trimmed an burnin')
Keep-a your lamp
(All trimmed an burnin')
See what the Lord have done

Chillen, don't get worried
Chillen, don't you get worried
Chillen, don't get worried
See what the Lord have done.

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