Peter Paul and Mary, If I Had My Way

Peter Paul and Mary, If I Had My Way

Lyrics:

You read about Samson, you read about his birth
He was the strongest man that ever lived on Earth.
One day old Sampson was walking alone
He looked down on the ground and he saw an old jaw-bone.
He lifted up that jaw-bone and he swung it over his head,
and when he got to moving ten thousand was dead.
If I had my way,
If I had my way in this wicked world,
If I had my way I would tear this building down.
Sampson and the lion got in attack
Sampson he crawled up on the lion's back
You read about this lion - he killed a man with his paw
Sampson he got his hands around the lion's jaw
and he ripped that beast till the lion was dead
and the bees made honey in the lion's head.

If I had my way,
If I had my way in this wicked world,
If I had my way I would tear this building down.
Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair
She had lovely looks, God knows, and cold black hair
Delilah she climbed up on Sampson's knee
and said "Tell me where your strength lies, if you please"
She talked so fine, she talked so fair,
Sampson said "Delilah, cut off my hair,
shave my head just as clean as your hand
and my strength will be like a natural man."
If I had my way,
If I had my way in this wicked world,
If I had my way I would tear this building down.
If I had my way,
If I had my way in this wicked world,
If I had my way I would tear this building down.

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• If I Had My Way
• folk music
• music

[sangell3]

2300 VIEWS? WELL I'm in an small but elite group.

[cschoon1213]

@ sangell3,

LOL. That is a positive way of looking at it!

[cschoon1213]

I named my cat " Samson" after this song and after the story in the Bible.

Love this song!

[poetgb]

Peter Paul And Mary had great timing and harmony and talent and charisma.They were exciting to watch and listen to.We will never see that kind of magic again in the music industry.

[ScooterpupReljac]

I assume this was on the Smothers Brothers show by the stage they are singing on

[anjelen2]

cant stop listening to it..LOVE this song

[bearysweet33]

this is one of the first records we were alllowed to have as young teenagers

[dfuse180]

Yikes- look at MT groovin' on this. Thanks for putting it on.