Samson And Delilah
Song Information
Song Title
Samson And Delilah
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Reverend Gary Davis
Made Famous By
The Grateful Dead
Song Stats
Shortest Version
06:41 (2024-08-11)
Longest Version
10:11 (2025-02-12)
Total Times Played
7
Longest Gap
2024-03-2359 2024-08-11
Longest Streak
Song Charts
Shows with Samson And Delilah
  • The Hamilton - Washington, District of Columbia 2025-03-14
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Sittin' On Top Of World, Big Iron > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Blame The Train, Justice > , Jessica, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence)
    Set Two
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Cigar Time, For A Long Time > 1, Samson And Delilah > , Chore, Tell Me I’m A Lover 2, Country Pie, I Shall Be Released 3, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Big River
  • Surf Hotel - Buena Vista, Colorado 2025-02-26
    Set One
    Fourteen Carat Mind, Gotta Get Southbound, Sweet Tasting Tennessee, Tell Me I’m A Lover 1, Always Been A Lover, Locomotive #9, Love's Gonna Live Here, Big River 2, Blame The Train, Cosmic Country Gardens, Translation
    Set Two
    Ain’t Living Long Like This > , Two Hills, Along The Trail, Free Wheelin' > 3, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane, Take Me Back 1, Chore
    Encore
    Samson And Delilah 4
  • Cornerstone - Berkeley, California 2025-02-12
    Set One
    Better Deal Blues, Lady Justice, Faded Lovin', Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Hi-Country, Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Double Exposure
    Set Two
    Big River 2 3, Loser > 2 3, Samson And Delilah 2 3, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 2 3, Blame The Train, Cosmic Country Gardens, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Walkin’ The Dog, Got My Mojo Workin' 4, California Sun
    Encore
    Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
  • Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2024-10-31
    Set One 1
    Free Wheelin' > 2, Heady Open Jam > , Sugar Shack > 3, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence) > , Tell Me I’m A Lover > 3, Hi-Country > , Lose Your Mind > , Bass Solo > , Mystery Train
    Set Two 4
    Pure Imagination (FTP) > , Candyman > , Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Down By The Riverside 5, Big River > , Oompa Loompa (FTP) , Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds > 6, The Wondrous Boat Ride (FTP) > , Double Exposure 7 8, Blueberry Hill (FTP) > 5, Tangled Up In Blue (FTP) > , Blue (Da Ba Dee) (FTP) > 9, Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Big Rock Candy Mountains (FTP) > , The Gold Rush (FTP) > , Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Going Down (FTP) > 2, Oompa Loompa (Reprise) , Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (FTP) > , Pure Imagination (Reprise) , Luck Of The Draw > 10, Sugar Leg Rag > , Oompa Loompa (Reprise) > , Sugar Leg Rag (Reprise)
    Encore
    Samson And Delilah
  • Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, New York 2024-10-25
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler, Good Old American Guest, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Lady Justice, Free Wheelin' > 1, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane
    Set Two
    Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Double Exposure 2, Got My Mojo Workin' 3, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 2
    Encore 4
    Box Of Rain (FTP) > 5, Samson And Delilah
  • New Realm Brewing Co. - Virginia Beach, Virginia 2024-08-11
    Set One
    Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Darlin’ Cory > , Arkansas Traveler, Translation, Rose In A Garden, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental) > , Doggone Cowboy, Down By The Riverside 1, Down Bedford
    Set Two
    Better Deal Blues, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla, Two Hills, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 2, Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure > 2, Samson And Delilah
  • Danenberger Family Vineyards - New Berlin, Illinois 2024-03-23
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long > , Cigar Time, Hi-Country, Waitin' For A Train, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Running Gun, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Set Two
    Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 1, Got My Mojo Workin' 2, Better Deal Blues, Justice > , Jessica > , Boogie Man, For A Long Time > 3, Chore
    Encore
    I’ve Been Working On The Railroad > 4, Samson And Delilah (FTP)
Lyrics

If I had my way

If I had my way

If I had my way

I would tear this whole building down


Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair

She had good looks - God knows - and coal black hair

Delilah she gained old Samson's mind

When first he saw this woman, she looked so fine


Delilah she climbed up on Samson's knee

Said tell me where your strength lies, if you please

Then she spoke so kind, she talked so fair

That Samson said, Delilah you cut off my hair

You can shave my head, as clean as my hand

My strength will come as natural as any other man


You read about Samson, all from his birth

He was the strongest man ever had lived on earth

One day while Samson was walking along

Looked down on the ground he saw an old jaw bone

Then he stretched out his arm and his chains broke like threads

And when he got to move, ten thousand were dead


Now Samson and the lion, they got in attack

And Samson he walked up on the lion's back

You read about this lion, he killed a man with his paw

Samson got hands up round the lion's jaw

He ripped that beast, killed it dead

And the bees made honey in the lion's head


If I had my way

If I had my way

If I had my way

I would tear this whole building down

Tear this whole building down!