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Keep a-inchin' along,
Keep a-inchin' along,
Jesus will come by and by.
Keep a-inchin along like a po* inch worm,
Jesus will come by and by.

If a-you get there before I do
Jesus will come by and by.
Look out for me.....

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ALSO SEE:

KEEP A-INCHIN' ALONG        FOLK SONGS OF NORTH AMERICA
Keep a-Inchin' Along         Songs of Zion (Nix)

Inchin' along.        Dett, Religious folk-songs of the negro, p. 10 (Keep a-inchin' along)
Inchin' along.        Fisher, Seventy negro spirituals, p. 79
Inchin' along.        Noble, Most popular plantation songs, p. 71 (Inching along)
Inchin' along.        Johnson, Book of American negro spirituals, p. 134 (Keep a-inchin' along)
Inchin' along.        Dann, Fifty-eight spirituals for choral use, p. 37 (Inching along. Variant)
Inchin' along.        Johnson, Utica jubilee singers spirituals, p. 72 (Keep a-inchin' along. Variant)
Inchin' along.        Fenner, Religious folk songs of the negro, p. 154 (Keep a-inchin' along)
Inching Along        AMERICAN NEGRO SONGS
Inching Along        Newman, GO DOWN, MOSES
Inching Along        Newman, GO DOWN, MOSES

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From John Work, American Negro Songs:

INCHIN' ALONG
Traditional Negro Spiritual

REFRAIN
Keep a-inchin' along,
Keep a-inchin' along,
Jesus will come by and by.
Keep a-inchin along like a poor* inch worm,
Jesus will come by and by.

VERSES:

1. It was inch by inch that I sought the Lord
(Jesus will come by and by.)
It was inch by inch that he saved my soul.
(Jesus will come by and by.)

2. We'll inch and inch and inch along;
(Jesus will come by and by.)
And inch by inch till we get home.
(Jesus will come by and by.)

3. O trials and troubles on the way,
(Jesus will come by and by.)
But we must watch as well as pray.
(Jesus will come by and by.)

* sung po' or poor

SH

@spiritual

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