I'M GOING HOME

I sought my Lord in the wilderness,
In the wilderness, in the wilderness,
I sought my Lord in the wilderness,
For I'm a-going home,
I'm going home,
I'm going home;
I'm just getting ready
For I'm going home.

I found free grace in the wilderness,
In the wilderness, in the wilderness, etc.

My father preaches in the wilderness, etc.

William F. Allen, 1867, Slave Songs of the United States, no. 105, p. 84, with music. Index: Allen