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Thread #130508   Message #2940433
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
05-Jul-10 - 09:41 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: I'm Goin' to See Muh Lovin' Father When I Git Home
13. I'm Goin' to See Muh Lovin' Father When I Git Home

1
I'm goin' to see muh lovin' father when I git home
I'm goin' to see muh lovin' father when I git home
I'm goin' to see muh lovin' father, see muh lovin' father,
see muh lovin' father when I git home.
2
I'm goin' to tell him 'bout muh trubble when I git home
I'm goin' to tell him 'bout muh trubble when I git home
I'm goin' to tell him 'bout muh trubble, tell him 'bout muh trubble,
tell him 'bout muh trubble when I git home.

"Other verses may be had by using the words mother, sister, brother, teacher, etc., in place of the word "father" in verse 1 and by using the correct pronoun in verse 2."
"Two more verses are sung after the relationships have been exhausted."

No more rain to wet me when I git home
No more rain to wet me when I git home
No more rain to wet me, rain to wet me,
rain to wet me when I git home.

Last verse
God heben- God heben- God heben-
when I git home.

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