Sorry I can't provide references for each and every difference, but one of my inputs was Harry Belafonte, somewhere along the line. Hush, little baby and don't you cry; You know your daddy is bound to die. All my ... If life were a thing that money could buy, The rich would live and the poor would die, And all my trials, Lord, would be forgotten. Mary wore three links of chain; On every link/piece was Jesus'/freedom's name. All my ... I have a little book with pages three, And every page spells liberty. There's one more thing that troubles my mind: My love/Lord is gone, left me behind. The one different verse (different chording) I do as: But it's too late, my Lord, too late, but never mind. All my trials .... And the last line is either: All my sorrows, soon forgotten. Or All my trials, soon forgotten. Or All my trials soon be over. CC PS: Joe, sorry about the blank--I bumped the wrong key. I'm sure you can delete it. Cheers.
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