Classic Poem

Well
If I had my way
If I had a, a wicked one
If I had
Oh Lord
I'd tear this building down

WELL
Delilah was a woman fine and fair
Her pleasant looks, her coal black hair
Delilah gained old Samson's mind
A-first saw the woman that look so fine
Whether it was Timothy, I can't tell
A daughter of Timothy, I believe that well
A-Samson told his father to go and

SEE — heh, Lord
If I had my way
Well if I had that wicked one
If I had
Ah Lord
I'd tear this building down

WELL
Samson's mother replied to him
Can't you find a woman of your kind and kin
Samson: will you be the mother of mine
Go and marry that-a Philistine
Let me tell you what old Samson
Well he broke at the lion and the lion run
Samson was the first man I'm bound to catch
He caught that lion, got upon his
And it's written that he killed a man with his
A-shoving of his hand in the lion's jaw

Well if I had my way
If I had, that wicked way
If I had
Ah Lord
I'd tear this building down

Well there's a mystery, declare it to me
How out of the eater there came forth meat
Well there's a mystery, declare it to me
How out of the strong-a there came forth sweet
It was not very long and he answered:
Well, THE BEES MADE HONEY IN THE LION'S EAR

Well if I had my way
Well if I had, that wicked way
If I had
Ah Lord,
I'd tear this building down

It was only a thousand and they formed a plot
Not many days 'fore old Samson was caught
A-bind his hands while he was walking along
A-looked on the ground found a little jaw bone
He moved his arms, ropes they fell like thread
GOT THROUGH SLAYING, three thousand was dead

Well if I had my way
Well if I had, that wicked way
If I had
Ah Lord
I'd tear this building down

WELL
Samson's strength was never found out
'Till he began to wander about
A-till his wife sat upon his knees
Tell me where your strength 'll lie if you please
Samson's wife she talked so fair
Told his wife to cut off his hair:
SHAVE MY HEAD, CLEAN AS YOUR HAND

Till I become a natural man
If I had my way
Well if I had, that wicked way
If I had
Eh Lord
I'd tear this building down