Name: Brother Ephus
Duration: P00H02M27S
Description: If you can bring understanding to this old song, please let me know. As a retired preacher I'm particularly fond of the last verse (before the final refrain.)

Brother Ephus

by Steven Anderson

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If you can bring understanding to this old song, please let me know. As a retired preacher I'm particularly fond of the last verse (before the final refrain.)

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Brothers and sisters one and all, ain't you gonna harken to the giver's call? The giver's call on the judgement day, poor little Moses gone away.

Where you goin' Moses? None of your business. Come here Moses. I ain't gonna do it. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Gone on. Gone on. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Left me barkin' up a tree.

Boil my coffee good and strong. Bake my hoecakes good and done. Make me a featherbed and make it up right. Old brother Johnson's comin' here tonight.

Where you goin' Moses? None of your business. Come here Moses. I ain't gonna do it. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Gone on. Gone on. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Left me barkin' up a tree.

What kind of slippers do the angels wear? Golden slippers that skate on air. They wear fine slippers and they wear fine socks. Drop every nickel in the missionaries box.

Where you goin' Moses? None of your business. Come here Moses. I ain't gonna do it. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Gone on. Gone on. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Left me barkin' up a tree.

Some folks say that a preacher won't steal. I caught two in my watermelon field. A preachin' and a prayin' and a singin' all the time. Slippin' them watermelons off the vine.

Where you goin' Moses? None of your business. Come here Moses. I ain't gonna do it. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Gone on. Gone on. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on. Left me barkin' up a tree.

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released May 23, 2022

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Steven Anderson Mercer, Wisconsin

Raised on Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary and the turmoil of the late 60s, every kid wanted to play guitar. I started with my brother's mail order Sears Silverton. I was taught by a young man who refused to teach me unless I also sang. So I did.

Coffee houses, churches, kickaround bars, all places I've played. But now it's mostly the front porch. And I love the front porch. ... more

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