Indiana University Sheet Music Collections lists this in its index:

Title: I AIN'T A GON A GRIEVE MY LORD
Performer: Mack and Mike
Arranger: Harris, Thoro
Publisher: Thoro Harris
Place of publication: Chicago
Date of publication: 1927
Call Number: M1 .D48 Box: 150 Item: 049
Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics)
First Line: See yonder sun, how fast he run, don't you ever let him catch
Chorus First Line: I ain't a gon a grieve, I ain't a gon a grieve,
Genre: Popular song

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I AIN'T A-GONNA GRIEVE MY LORD NO MORE

1. If you get to heaven before I do,
Just bore a hole and pull me through.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

CHORUS: I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

2. Oh, the deacon went down to the cellar to pray,
But he fell asleep and he stayed all day.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

3. Oh, you can't get to heaven in a motor boat,
'Cause a motor boat on air won't float.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

4. You can't get to heaven in a putt-putt car,
'Cause a putt-putt car won't go that far.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

5. You can't get to heaven in dirty blue jeans,
'Cause the Lord don't have no washin' machines.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

6. You can't get to heaven on roller skates,
'Cause you'll roll right past those pearly gates.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

7. If I get to heaven before you do,
I'll plug that hole with shavings and glue.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

8. You can't get to heaven if you've sinned all day,
'Cause if you've sinned all day you'll go the other way.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

9. You can't get to heaven in a rocking chair,
'Cause the Lord don't allow no lazy folks there.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

10. You can't get to heaven with nickels in your jeans,
'Cause the Lord don't have no slot machines.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

11. You can't get to heaven in a limousine,
'Cause the Lord don't sell no gasoline.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

12. Oh, the devil is mad and I am glad.
He lost a soul he thought he had.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.

13. That's all there is. There ain't no more.
St. Peter himself just closed the door.
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.


An Inventory of Spoken Word Audio Recordings in the Vincent Voice Library, Michigan State University, contains a sermon by Aimee Semple McPherson from 1931 in which the choir sings:

"Can you talk about me? Just as much as you please.
I talk about you down on my knees [unclear]
I ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord anymore."

Judy Canova's recording of AIN'T GONNA GRIEVE MY LORD ANYMORE appears on the album "Collectors Edition," Simitar (sic) CD 5568, 1998.

Walter "Kid" Smith's recording of I AIN'T GONNA GRIEVE MY LORD ANYMORE appears on the album "Walter Smith and Friends, Vol. 1 (1929-30)" Document CD #8062, 2002.