"99 1/2 Won't Do" lyrics - SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

Lord I'm running
(Lord I'm running)
Trying to make a hundred
(Trying to make a hundred)
Oh, ninety-nine
Ninety-nine and half
You know it won't do
You said it wouldn't do
Lord I'm running
(Lord I'm running)
Trying to make a hundred
(Trying to make a hundred)
Ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
And a half (and a half)
Won't do
You said it wouldn't do

Praying hard
(Praying hard)
Trying to make a hundred
(Trying to make a hundred)
Ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
And half (and a half)
You know it won't do
You said it wouldn't do
I'm praying hard
(Praying hard)
Trying to make a hundred
(Trying to make a hundred)
Ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
And a half (and a half)
Won't do
You said it wouldn't do

Praying hard
(Praying hard)
Trying to make a hundred
(Trying to make a hundred)
Ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
And a half (and a half)
You know it won't do
You said it wouldn't do

Lord I'm running, running, running, running, running, running, running
I'm running, running, running, oh
Ninety-nine and a half
You know it won't do
You said it wouldn't do
Lord I'm running
(Lord I'm running)
I'm running
(Oh, I'm running)
Ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
And a half
Oh Lord, it won't do