From The Story of the Jubilee Singers: With Their Songs by J. B. T. Marsh (new York: S. W. Green's Son, 1883), page 174—with musical notation for one voice.


I'VE BEEN IN THE STORM SO LONG

CHORUS: I've been in the storm so long.
I've been in the storm so long, children.
I've been in the storm so long.
Oh, give me little time to pray.

1. Oh, let me tell my mother how I came along.
Oh, give me little time to pray.
With a hung down head and an aching heart.
Oh, give me little time to pray.

2. Oh, when I get to heaven, I'll walk all about,
Oh, give me little time to pray.
There'll be nobody there to turn me out.
Oh, give me little time to pray.

3. I'll go into heaven, and take my seat,
Oh, give me little time to pray.
Cast my crown at Jesus' feet.
Oh, give me little time to pray.