Quoted in an article "The Negro Music of the South" in The Southern Workman and Hampton School Record Vol. 22, No. 11, Nov., 1893, page 174:


IN DAT GREAT GETTIN' UP MORNIN'.

CHORUS—In dat great gettin' up mornin,'
Fare you well! fare you well!
In dat great gettin' up mornin',
Fare you well! fare you well!

First verse—

Solo—Dere's a better day a-comin'
Refrain—Fare you well! fare you well!
S.—When my Lord speaks to His Fader
R.—Fare you well! fare you well!
S.—Says Fader I'm tired o' bearin'
R.—Fare you well! fare you well!
S.—Tired o' bearin' fo' poor sinners
R.—Fare you well! fare you well!

Chorus again and so on for sixty verses. [!]