BOW LOW, MARY
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Bow low, Mary, bow low, Martha,
For Jesus come and lock de door,
And carry the keys away.

Sail, sail, over yonder,
And view the promised land
For Jesus come, etc.

Weep, O Mary, bow low, Martha,
For Jesus come, etc.

Sail, sail, my true believer;
Sail, sail, over yonder;
Mary bow low, Martha bow low,
For Jesus come and lock de door
An' carry de keys away.

T. W. Higginson, 1867, Negro Spirituals, XVII. Higginson
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