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Thread #44051   Message #646180
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
09-Feb-02 - 05:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals
Subject: Lyr Add: TELL 'EM I'M GONE
Sorry about the boldface.

TELL 'EM I'M GONE

When you miss me from round the fishside,
Tell 'em I'm gone; tell 'em I'm gone.
When you miss me from round the fishside,
Tell 'em I'm gone. Tell 'em I'm gone.
Tell 'em Death has sevvud me.
Way ovah in the Rock of Ages,
Clef fuh me - Clef fuh me.

When you miss me from singin' an' prayin',
Tell 'em I'm gone; tell 'em I'm gone.
When you miss me from singin' an' prayin',
Tell 'em I'm gone. Tell 'em I'm gone.
Tell 'em Death has sevvud me.
Way ovah in the Rock of Ages,
Clef fuh me - Clef fuh me.

(First and third lines only vary, as follows:)

When you miss me from the Sackament table,

When you miss me from weepin' an' moanin',

When you miss me from the Amen corner,

When you miss me from the big baptizin',

When you miss me from the big revival,

Mary Allen Grissom, 1930 (1969), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, p. 6-7, with music.
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