From The Story of the Jubilee Singers by J. B. T. Marsh (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881), page 168:


THESE ARE MY FATHER'S CHILDREN

CHORUS: These are my Father's children,
These are my Father's children,
These are my Father's children,
All in one band.

1. And I soon shall be done with the troubles of the world,
Troubles of the world, troubles of the world,
And I soon shall be done with the troubles of the world.
Going home to live with God.

2. My brother's done with the troubles of the world, &c.

3. My sister's done with the troubles of the world, &c.