89. Pray Is de Key to de Kingdom

Pray is de key to de Kingdom
and de world can do me no harm
Pray is de key to de Kingdom
and de world can do me no harm
Pray is de key to de Kingdom
and faith unlocks de do'-
Ef dat so be to de Kingdom
I got a key ebry'where I go.
2
Took Bruddah Paul and Silas
And placed 'em in jail below, etc.
But de angel came from heben
And unlock de jailer's do'.
3
Took Brudduh John on Patmos
And placed him in a kettle of oil, etc.
But de angel came f'om heben
And tol' him dat de oil wouldn't boil.

Similar 1st verse in Prayer Is de Key of Heaven, R. N. Dett, Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute.
Similar 1st verse and 6th verse (Paul and Silas) in I Got a Key to the Kingdom in M. A. Grissom, The Negro Sings a New Heaven, from Kentucky.