Still another version.

Lyr. Add: Hard Trials

The foxes have holes in the ground.
The birds have nests in the air,
Christians have a hiding place
But we poor sinners have none.

Chorus (faster)
Now ain't them hard trials, tribulations?
Ain't them hard trials?
I'm going to live with God.

Old Satan tempted Eve,
And Eve, she tempted Adam;
And that's why the sinner has to pray so hard,
To have his sins forgiven.

Oh, Methodist, Methodist is my name,
Methodist till I die;
I'll be baptized on the Methodist side,
And a Methodist I will die.

Oh, hardshell Baptist is my name,
Hardshell till I die;
I've been baptized in the Baptist faith,
Going to die on the hardshell side.

While marching on the road,
A hunting for a home,
You had better stop your diff-frent names
And travel under God.

With music, 4/4, p. 43
Selected by Gilbert Clifford Noble, 1911, "The Most Popular Plantation Songs," Hinds, Noble and Eldridge, New York City.

Related spiritual:

Lyr. Add: Trying to Get Home

Lord, I'm bearin' heavy burdens,
tryin' to get home (repeat 5 times)
Lord, I'm climbin' high mountains,
tryin' to get home (repeat 5 times)
Lord, I'm standin' hard trials,
tryin' to get home (repeat 5 times)

John W. Work, "American Negro Songs and Spirituals," p. 55, with music, 4/4.