The Sermon of Samson

You read about ol’ Samson you read about his birth

Well, Samson was the strongest man that ever walked on earth

Now, the Bible tells us down in ancient times

That he killed ten thousand of those Philistines

You see one day ol’ Samson was walkin’ alone

And a-looked on the ground and spied an old jawbone

And then he picked up that jawbone and swung it ‘round his head

When that jawbone came down now ten thousand were dead

If I had my way

Well, if I had my way

If I had my way in this wicked world

I would tear this building down.

And if I had my way

Well, if I had my way

If I had my way in this wicked world

I would tear this building down

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Delilah was a woman both fine and fair

She was so good lookin’ with her coal black hair

That she drove poor Samson right out of his mind

When he saw that woman of the Philistines

And now that wicked Delilah she talked so fair

That poor Samson revealed, “If I shaved my head

If I shave my head just as clean as your hand

My strength will be just like a natural man”

If I had my way

Well, if I had my way

If I had my way in this wicked world

I would tear this building down

And if I had my way …

Well, if I had my way …

If I had my way in this wicked world

I would tear this building down

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

So, Samson shaved his head just as clean as your hand

And his strength became just like a natural man

And then they took ol’ Samson they took him by surprise

And they picked up a stick and then they punched out his eyes

And then they took ol’ Samson to the judgment hall

And then they chained ol’ Samson to that stone cold wall

And then they left him there ‘til his hair grew brown

And then the good Lord gave him strength to tear that building down

And if I had my way

If I had my way

If I had my way in this wicked world

I would tear this building down

And if I had my way

If I had my way

If I had my way Great God, Almighty

I would tear this building down