Lyr Add: WE'LL ROLL THE CHARIOT ALONG
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Chorus:
We'll roll, we'll roll the chariot along,
We'll roll, we'll roll the chariot along,
We'll roll, we'll roll the chariot along,
And we won't drag on behind.

If the sinner is in the way,
Why, we stop and take him on,
If the sinner is in the way,
Why, we stop and take him on,
If the sinner is in the way,
Why, we stop and take him on,
And we won't drag on behind.

If the drunkard's in the way, etc.

If the gambler's in the way, etc.

If the harlot's in the way, etc.

(Add. verses, ad lib.)

If the devil's in the way,
Why, we will run it over him,
If the devil's in the way,
Why, we will run it over him,
If the devil's in the way,
Why, we will run it over him,
And we won't drag on behind.

White, N. I., American Negro Folk Songs, 1928 (1965), p. 97, tune p. 408.
Verse about the devil always last. North Carolina. Heard in the 1890s, and, later, commonly sung by white people and also taken up as a pep song by students at Trinity College, NC.
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