Billy Base

SONG INFORMATION

Origin: Traditional, (African American spiritual, South, Southeast US, first recorded in 1867)
This tune appears to have come from the traditional tune "Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel", an African- American spiritual.
First Recording by Joshua White (1935), this version is the basis for most versions we know today.
Bluegrass versions likely inspired by the Weavers (1958) or The Stanley Brothers (1962)
Also covered or released by many others including Flatt and Scruggs (1964), and Phish.

Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Who shall deliver for me

That old jail it reeled and rocked- all night long
That old jail it reeled and rocked- all night long
That old jail it reeled and rocked- all night long
Who shall deliver for me

Lightening flashed and thunder roared- all night long
Lightening flashed and thunder roared- all night long
Lightening flashed and thunder roared- all night long
Who shall deliver for me

Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Who shall deliver for me

That old jailor locked the cell- all night long
That old jailor locked the cell- all night long
That old jailor locked the cell- all night long
Who shall deliver for me

Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail- all night long
Who shall deliver for me