2/25/2023 0 Comments At the crossroads song![]() ![]() In this song, the narrator, who is deeply lonesome, kneels at the crossroads to ask God’s mercy. So, one day he was instructed to take his guitar to a crossroad at midnight, where he met a large black man who took the guitar, tuned it, played a few songs and then returned it to him, giving him astonishing mastery of the instrument (a legend that mirrors Faust’s pact with the devil). He is going to Rosedale, a Mississippi state town, an area where Johnson was playing.Īccording to a legend of the blues world, in that city, Johnson would have made a deal with the devil, since he wanted to become a great blues musician, but he could not play the guitar very well. At a crossroads cars generally slow down or stop, so it is the best opportunity for a hitchhiker, but in this song Johnson describes his sorrow because he does not succeed in catching a ride before the sun sets. The intersection of rural roads is one of the few landmarks in the Mississippi Delta, a plain where there are various businesses called Crossroads. In folk mythology it is a gathering point for spirits and witches. Lord, that I’m standin’ at the crossroad, babe, I believe I’m sinking down.Ī crossroads metaphorically describes a point in life when we have to make an important decision, it is a turning point, a challenge. ![]() You can run, tell my friend-boy, Willie Brown. I haven’t got no lovin’ sweet woman that love and feel my care Oooo, ooee, eee boy, dark gon’ catch me here Mmm, the sun goin’ down, boy, dark gon’ catch me here ![]() Standin’ at the crossroad, I tried to flag a rideĭidn’t nobody seem to know me, everybody pass me by Mmmmm, standin’ at the crossroad, I tried to flag a ride I went down to the crossroad, fell down on my kneesĪsked the Lord above “Have mercy, save poor Bob, if you please.” Run, you can run, tell my friend-boy, Willie Brown.Īnd I’m staying at the crossroads, believe I’m sinking down. You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy, Willie Brown. You can still barrelhouse, baby, on the riverside. Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. Well I’m going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. ![]() Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by. I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride.ĭown to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.ĭown to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.Īsked the Lord above for mercy, “Save me if you please.” ![]()
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