TROUBLE IS HARD

Cho.
My trouble is hard, so hard, (3 times)
God, I jes' cain't believe my trouble is hard.

Well, down by the graveyard I'm goin' to walk,
Me an' God Almighty goin' to have a little talk,
Two white horses side by side,
Me and God Almighty goin' to take a ride.
Cho.
Oh, stop, young man, I got somethin' to say,
You are a-sinnin', why don't you pray?
Sinnin' in vain an' sinnin' 'gainst God
Who has the power to slay us all.
Cho.
God called Moses on the mountain top,
Set the laws in Moses' heart,
Placed the commandments in his mind,
Go, Moses, don't you leave my lamb behind.
Cho.
A is for Adam, he was a man,
He's placed in the garden at God's command,
Adam was the father of the human race,
He violated the law and God drove him from his place.
Cho.
Well, Adam went away, didn't stay long,
Before God sent him to save his corn,
He overtook Adam and caught him by his mind,
The power reached him just in time.
Cho.
Go down, angels, an' consume the flood,
Blow out the sun an' turn the moon to blood,
Come back, angels, an' bolt the door,
The time has been won't be no more.
Cho.

Sung by Gussie Slater and Clifford Reed, Florida State Prison, Raiford, FL. John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip.
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