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Thread #101399   Message #2044722
Posted By: Azizi
06-May-07 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Dink's Song
Subject: RE: Origins: Dink's Song
Q, as I'm sure you know, the African American spiritual "In That Great Gettin Up Mornin" includes the refrain "fare thee well, fare thee well".

If you don't mind listening to what is {imo} an awful midi that automatically comes on when you click on this website, here's the words to "In That Great Gettin Up Mornin":

http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/gettinup.html


And here's another version of this song that gives that phrase as "fare you well":
http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/in_dat_great_gittin_up_morning.htm