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Thread #130508   Message #2937621
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Jun-10 - 09:35 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Aye Lawd Don't Leabe Me
11. Aye Lawd Don't Leabe Me

Chorus-
Cryin' aye Lawd don't leabe me
cryin' aye Lawd don't leabe me
cryin' aye Lawd don't leabe me
but guide me on muh way.

Solo
1
When I wuz a sinner-
I lub muh distance well
but when I come to find muh self
I wuz hangin' obuh hell.
D. C. Chorus

2
I went down to de ribbuh ob Jerdan
and step on de sea ob glass
Ole Satan t'aw't dat I fell in
but I got to heben at las'.
3
De train at de station
blowin' for rich and poor
Dem dat hab dere tickets reddy
will jump on de train and go.

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