Help The Poor (Version 1)

by Charlie Singleton recording of 1964 from King Of The Blues 4 CD Box Set (MCA MCAD4-10677) Help the poor (chorus: help the poor) Won't you help poor me (chorus: help poor me) I need help from you baby Need it desperately (chorus: I need help) I need you so much I need you're care I need all the loving baby you can spare Help the poor Oh, baby help poor me (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la) Say you will Say you'll help me on I can't make it no further In this world alone Baby I'm beggin' with tears in my eyes For your loving, don't you realize I need help, oh baby Help poor me You are my inspiration (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la) You could make me be a king But if you don't come to my rescue (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la) I couldn't ever be anything Help the poor (chorus: help the poor) Baby help poor me (chorus: help poor me) Have a heart won't you baby Listening to my plea (chorus: I need help) I fell off the curb till I found you You got what it takes baby, to pull through Help the poor Oh, baby won't you help poor me (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la) I'm in trouble don't you see (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la) Only your love can save me (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la) Help the poor, help the poor (chorus: sha-lala-lala-la)

 

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