Some say it started in Mississippi,
others swear it was New Orleans.
It could have been Detroit City,
but Chicago was early on the scene.
It come about from when a woman walking,
sashaying
down like she on the street.
A man with a guitar emulated that and fabricated a lowdown
beat was a groom.
A soulful groom it was the groom.
Oh it's a mighty thing was the groom.
It's for all God's children.
Lord have mercy let's rejoice in the groom.
Oh they said try a little tenderness.
They had a said she'd rather go blind.
A girl that's told the people to get ready
and more than hurry through the grapevine.
Maybe said respect yourself.
Hersey was out walking in the sun.
Reverend how gonna take me to the river?
Sam believed the change was gonna come it was the groom.
A soulful groom.
Oh the groom.
It's a mighty thing for the groom.
It's for all God's children.
Lord have mercy let's rejoice in the groom.
There
was some sisters and brothers by other mothers.
They got the lowdown and they got it right.
J.K.O.,
Delaney and Bonnie,
Duck Dunn,
Steve Cropper and Tony Joe White.
You take the power of a Sunday gospel.
The word of God with a tambourine.
The bump and grind where the central meets the holy.
It's a funky salvation that the spirit needs.
It's the groom.
Oh soulful groom.
It's the groom.
It's a mighty thing.
Oh the groom.
It's for all God's children.
Lord have mercy let's rejoice in the groom.
It's the groom.
Oh soulful thing.
Oh the groom.
It's a mighty thing.
Oh the groom.
It's for all God's children.
Lord have mercy let's rejoice in the groom.
Oh looky here now.
A reader told you about the chain of foes.
Ray say what I say.
Roy said true to right.
James tell you to get up off that thing.
Solomon said cry to me.
Oh the groom.