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Thread #130508 Message #2939849
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-Jul-10 - 08:46 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Heben Is a Beautiful Place
15. Heben Is a Beautiful Place
1 Heben is a beautiful place I believe- believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe- believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe- believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe.- 2 Ain't no liars obuh dere I believe- believe Ain't no liars obuh dere I believe believe Ain't no liars obuh dere I believe believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe. 3 Ain't no gamblers obuh dere I believe- believe Ain't no gamblers obuh dere I believe believe Ain't no gamblers obuh dere I believe believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe. 4 Ain't no sickness obuh dere I believe- believe Ain't no sickness obuh dere I believe believe Ain't no sickness obuh dere I believe believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe. 5 All good people obuh dere I believe- believe All good people obuh dere I believe believe All good people obuh dere I believe believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe. 6 No back sliders obuh dere I believe- believe No bach sliders obuh dere I believe believe No back sliders obuh dere I believe believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe. 7 No back biters obuh dere I believe- believe No back biters obuh dere I believe believe No back biters obuh dere I believe believe Heben is a beautiful place I believe.
"All these verses are harmonised as the first Verse."
Heaven Is a Beautiful Place I Know is a variant found in Kentucky. Mary Allen Grissom, 1930, The Negro Sings a New Heaven, Univ. North Carolina; Dover reprint.