Lyr ADD: No Hiding Place

Subject: No Hiding Place - need words
From:
Date: 24 Jun 97 - 10:58 AM

I need the words to the Gospel song, "No Hiding Place". In particular, I need the words to the verse about "pitching a tent on the old campground". A direct email message would be appreciated: [e-mail] Thanks in advance!! Carl

Subject: Lyr Add: NO HIDING PLACE (Carter Family)
From: Bob Clayton
Date: 24 Jun 97 - 01:56 PM

Well, I'll e-mail this, too, but the song is one of my favorite Carter Family "elastic measure" songs, so I'll wrack my alleged brains for the words:

Sister Mary, she wears a golden chain (2X)
Sister Mary wears a golden chain
There's every link in Jesus' name *
There's no hiding place down here.

Chorus:

There's no hiding place down here. (2X)
Run to the ricks to hide my face,
Rocks cried out "No hiding place!"
There's no hiding place down here.

The Devil, he wears a hypocrite’s shoe (2X)
The Devil wears a hypocrite’s shoe,
If you don't watch, he'll slip it on you!
There's no hiding place down here.

Chorus

Gonna pitch my tent on the old campground (2X)
Gonna pitch my tent on the old campground,
And give old Satan one more round.
There's no hiding place down here.

Chorus

* This is what the Carters sing, even though you expect it to be "Every link spells Jesus' name" or "Every link bears Jesus' name.” I like the odd phrase so I sing it that way.

The "elastic measure" reference is to the performance, where the second line "runs into" the third, without stopping like you expect it to, and then the last line is similarly rushed. The chorus does the same thing. There's two or three beats missing from two different measures per chorus, and it's tricky to play and sing. And Maybelle's guitar solo! Nifty fitting of the short measures into her runs!

Great song.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 10-Mar-02.

Subject: Lyr Add: I GOT A HIDING PLACE (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 01:12 PM

I GOT A HIDING PLACE

Introduction and Chorus: I got a hidin' place- In de word of God, I got a hidin' place.

The ship she stop In de middle of de sea,
Jonah cried out- Lawd have mercy, is it me?
Throw me overboa'd.
I got a hidin' place, Throw me overboa'd,
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- In de word of God,
I got a hidin' place.

Wonder what's the matter That the ship don't go;
There's too many liyuhs Gittin' on boa'd.
Throw 'em overboa'd.
I got a hidin' place, Throw 'em overboa'd,
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- In de word of God,
I got a hidin' place.

Wonder what's the matter That the ship won't go;
There's too many hypocrites Gittin' on boa'd.
Well you cain't hide now.
I got a hidin' place, Well you cain't hide now,
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- In de word of God,
I got a hidin' place.

Tell that watchman That he cain't hide;
If he hasn't got the Holy Ghost He cain't ride.
Get de Holy Ghost.
I got a hidin' place, Get de Holy Ghost,
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- In de word of God,
I got a hidin' place.

Well, when I get to heabum Gonna sing an' shout;
There's nobody there Gonna put me out.
Well in Canaan land.
I got a hidin' place, Well in Canaan Land,
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- Roun' de throne of God,
I got a hidin' place.

There's too many people Like Jonah today;
God sends 'um out An' they will not obey.
Won't you help me Lawd?
I got a hidin' place, Won't you help me Lawd?
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- In de word of God,
I got a hidin' place.

If you wawnta go to heabum, Like anybody else;
Treat yo' neighbuh Like you treat yo'self.
Treat yo' neighbuh right.
I got a hidin' place, Treat yo' neighbuh right,
I got a hidin' place.
I got a hidin' place- Roun' de throne of God,
I got a hidin' place.

Mary Allen Grissom, 1930 (1969), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, p. 90-91 with music. One of the fine songs in this exceptional little book.
There are many "Hiding Place - No Hiding Place" spirituals and gospel songs. A gospel version is in the DT Like many of these songs, the distinction between spiritual and gospel is fuzzy (form? age? content?).
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Subject: Lyr Add: HIDE-A-ME (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 01:39 PM

HIDE-A-ME

When this world is all on fiyuh,
Hide-a-me;
When this world is all on fiyuh,
Hide-a-me.
When this world is all on fiyuh,
Let Thy bosom be my pilluh,
Hide me o'er the Rock of Ages,
Safe in Thee.

When the stars in heaven are fallin',
Hide-a-me;
When the stars in heaven are fallin',
Hide-a-me.
When the stars in Heaven are fallin',
Let thy bosom be my pilluh,
Hide me o'er the Rock of Ages,
Safe in Thee.

When the trumpet sounds fuh judgmunt,
Hide-a-me;
When the trumpet sounds fuh judgmunt,
Hide-a-me.
When the trumpet sounds fuh judgmunt,
Let thy bosom be my pilluh,
Hide me o'er the Rock of Ages,
Safe in Thee.

When mah name is called at judgmunt,
Hide-a-me;
When mah name is called at judgmunt,
Hide-a-me.
When mah name is called at judgmunt,
Let thy bosom be my pilluh,
Hide me o'er the Rock of Ages,
Safe in Thee.

Mary Allen Grissom, 1930 (1969), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, pp. 66-67, with music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: CAN'T HIDE, SINNER, YOU CAN'T HIDE
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 01:52 PM

CAN'T HIDE, SINNER, YOU CAN'T HIDE

Where you runnin', sinner, you can't hide (3 times)
Can't hide, sinner, you can't hide.

My mother dying, can't hide (3 times)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.

Why'd you run to de mountin, can't hide (3 times)
Can't hide, sinner, you can't hide.

Turn your bed around, you can't hide (3 times)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.

I went to de rock, can't hide
Fer to hide my face, can't hide
Well the rock cried out, can't hide
No hiding place, you can't hide.

Spiritual that can be used as a work song.
Olivia and Jack Solomon, 1991, Honey in the Rock, The Ruby Pickins Tartt Collection, p. 36, no music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: YOU CAN'T HIDE - COTTON CHOPPING SONG
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 02:08 PM

YOU CAN'T HIDE -COTTON CHOPPING SONG

What you gwinter do in the gettin'-up morning
When hit's raining fire down?
Go to the mountain,
Mountain cried out,
You can't hide.

Sinner, what you gwinter do in the gettin'-up morning
When hit's raining fire down?
Go to the rock,
Rock cried out,
You can't hide.

Mother, what you gwinter do in the gettin'-up morning
When hit's raining fire down?
Go to the Lord,
Lord cried out,
You can't hide.

The question is shouted by the leader or boss; answers by the congregation, or the hands in time to the chopping.
Olivia and Jack So;omon, 1991, Honey in the Rock, The Ruby Pickins Tartt Collection, p. 31, no music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: NO HIDING PLACE DOWN THERE (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 02:27 PM

NO HIDING-PLACE DOWN THERE

Went down to the rocks to hide my face, (3 times)
The rocks cried out no hiding-place,
No hiding-place down there.

Pharoah's daughter lookin' for roses, (3 times)
Stumpted her toe and fell over Moses,
No hiding-place down there.

Sister Mary wears a golden chain, (3 times)
And every link's in Jesus name,
No hiding-place down there.

Sinnaman sitting on the gates of hell, (3 times)
The gates flew open and in he fell,
No hiding-place down there.

Sinnaman row your boat one side, (3 times)
Cause you can't get to heaven on the ebbing tide,
No hiding-place down there.

Cause hell is deep and hell is wide, (3 times)
You can't touch the bottom and you can't touch the side,
No hiding-place down there.

N. I. White, 1928 (1965) American Negro Folk-Songs, p. 121-122, no music.
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Subject: RE: No Hiding Place - need words
From: harpgirl
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 03:18 PM

...good work Dicho! I used to sing the Carter version in Arkansas alot. I'm gonna add some of those new verses and start singing it again! good job!

hg

Subject: Lyr Add: OH, THE ROCKS AND THE MOUNTAINS
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 03:19 PM

OH, THE ROCKS AND THE MOUNTAINS

Chorus:
Oh, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee away,
And you shall have a new hiding-place that day.

Seeker, seeker, give up your heart to God,
And you shall have a new hiding-place that day.

Doubter, doubter, give up your heart to God,
And you shall have a new hiding-place that day.

Mourner, mourner, give up etc.

Sinner, sinner, give up etc.

Mother, mother, give up etc.

Children, children, give up etc.

Dett, R. N., Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute, 1927, p. 161, with music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 04:02 PM

DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE

Chorus:
Dere's no hidin' place down dere,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere.

Dere's no hidin' place down dere,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere;
Oh I went to de rock to hide my face,
De rock cried out, "No hidin' place,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere."

Oh de rock cried, "I'm burnin' too,"
Oh de rock cried, "I'm burnin' too;"
Oh de rock cried out "I'm burnin' too.
I want to go to hebben as well as you,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere".

Oh de sinner man he gambled an' fell,
Oh de sinner man he gambled an' fell,
Oh de sinner man he gambled an' fell;
He wanted to go to hebben but he had to go to hell,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere.

J. W. Johnson, 1925 (1969) The Books of American Negro Spirituals, I, p. 74-75, with music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: NO HIDING PLACE (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 04:25 PM

The Rocks and the Mountains also is printed, with music, in Work, J. W., American Negro Songs and Spirituals, p. 54.
A variant on No Hiding Place Down There (White, N. I.) is also in Work.

NO HIDING PLACE

Chorus:
There's no hiding place down here,
There's no hiding place down here.

Went to the rocks for to hide my face,
Rock cried out, "No hiding place,"
There's no hiding place down here.

Boatman, boatman, row one side,
Can't get to heaven 'gainst wind and tide,
There's no hiding place down here.

Sinner man, sinner man, better repent,
God's going to call you to judgment,
There's no hiding place down here.

John W. Work, 1940, American Negro Songs and Spirituals, p. 149 with music.
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Subject: RE: No Hiding Place - need words
From: masato sakurai
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 06:50 PM

A version of NO HIDING PLACE DOWN THERE is in the DT.
~Masato

Subject: Lyr Add: NO HIDIN' PLACE
From: masato sakurai
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 06:00 AM

NO HIDIN' PLACE

Chorus:
No hidin' place
No hidin' place
Almos' t' the Judgment Bah
No hidin' place.

'Cause Ah don't know what my sister wan'nuh stay here for

Repeat Chorus:

Ah'm goin' t' run t' the rock for a hidin' place

Repeat Chorus:

Fox got a hole in the groun'
Bird got a nest in the air
There's nare one thing got a hidin' place
But these sinners got none.

Repeat Chorus:

From: Lyria Parrish, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (1942; University of Georgia Press, 1992, p. 151)

~Masato

Subject: RE: No Hiding Place - need words
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 06:59 AM

My mother used to sing a version of Bob Clayton's first post above, with verses that sounded more like a parody. All I remember is:
Sister Lucy wore a low-necked dress (low necked dress)
Sister Lucy wore a low-necked dress (low necked dress)
Sister Lucy wore a low-necked dress
It was too low, I must confess
There's no hiding place down there!

I know there were more verses. Wonder if she remembers them?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From:
Date: 27 Nov 05 - 07:48 PM

B"H

11/27/05

Last Friday night at our Shabbes dinner table, my mother, who is now 91, sang:

A sinna-man
was sitting on the gates of hell (2)
A sinna-man
was sitting on the gates of hell (fast)
The gates fell down and down he fell
No hiding place down there
    Halaluya luya
No hiding place down there

For some come a limpin' some come a lame,
some come a callin' their master's name
No hiding place down there.

I went to the rock to hide my face (2)
I went to the rock to hide my face (fast)
The rock called out no hiding place
No hiding place down there
Halaluya luya
No Hiding place down there


For some come a limpin' some come a lame,
some come a callin' their master's name
No hiding place down there.


There was also a verse about rowing the boat from side to side - similar to one of those already posted -- but until I saw that posting, I didn't remember that my mother sang it -- when I was a little boy, more than 45 years ago.

My mother, from an Orthodox Jewish family, learned it at summer camp in New York as a young girl.


I guessed that it was originally a slave spiritual from the expression "some come a callin their master's name" .

When I was a little boy, and knew nothing of southern slavery, I thought that "master's name" meant God.

Halaluya is a Hebrew word -- meaning praise God.

A. S. Adler, Bronx, NY

PS: My mother still has a good voice -- and doesn't limp!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: GUEST,J. Martin
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 04:39 PM

I learned it this way:
Sister Lucy, she wears a low–necked dress, low–necked dress        
Sister Lucy, she wears a low–necked dress, low–necked dress
Sister Lucy wears a low–necked dress, it's much to low, I must confess,

        There's no hidin' place down there.
        No hidin' place down there, hallelujah, brothers,        
        No hidin' place down there, praise the Lord,        
        Oh I went to the rocks to hide my face,                
        The rocks cried out, "No hidin' place!"                
        There's no hidin' place down there.                

Sister Lucy, she had a golden chain, golden chain (2x)
Sister Lucy had a golden chain, the links of which were all the same...

Sister Lucy, her teeth are made of zinc, made of zinc, (2x)
Sister Lucy's teeth are made of zinc, she cleans them in the kitchen sink...

Sister Lucy, she has a wooden leg, wooden leg, (2x)
Sister Lucy has a wooden leg, she hangs her garter on a peg...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: Peace
Date: 04 Dec 05 - 04:47 PM

NO HIDIN' PLACE

Words Traditional; Music by Joseph Wood

There's no hidin' place,
There's no hidin' place,
There's no hidin' place,
There's no hidin' place.

There's no hidin' place down there,
There's no hidin' place down there!

Oh, I went to the rock to hide my face,
the rock cried out, "No hidin' place!"
There's no hidin' place down there.

Oh, the rock cried out, "I'm burnin' too,"
Oh, the rock cried , "I'm burnin' too,"
Oh, the rock cried out, "I'm burnin' too,
I want to go to heaven as well as you!"

There's no hidin' place down there!
Hallelujah!

No hidin' place,
There's no hidin' place.

Oh, the sinner man,
he gambled and fell,
Oh, the sinner man ,
he gambled and fell.
Oh, glory!
Oh, the sinner man gambled,
he gambled and fell,
he wanted to go to heaven,
but he had to go to hell!

Oh, there's no hidin' place down there!
Hallelujah!
There's no hidin' place down there!

from

www.ohlhaut.de/texte/no_hidin_place.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 19 May 23 - 06:42 PM

"Oh, de rich man gamble, an' he fell," came in an indescribable
wail from some subterranean region. "Lisen," said Hoyt. "It's
Goliath singing. He's a bird, he is!" The hihn, mournful voice
went on with its unconscious commentary on the new-comer,
repeating the same workds, and then droppping into a cheerful,
not to say rolling, melody:

"Oh, de rich man gamble, an' he fell,
An' he want to go to heaben;
But he gotter go to hell,
Dere ain' no hiding place down dah.
Oh, I went fo' de rock, fo' to hid mah face,
But de rock cried out, No hidin' place."

The voice went on, as its owner came nearer, and the door opened to admit a wooly head, still singing,

"Dere ain't no hiding place,--"

The above text is from the short story "David and Goliath", by Ellis Meredith in The Black Cat, Volume 5, May 1900.

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 19 May 23 - 06:58 PM

NO HIDING PLACE

1
Oh, who's all dem people dressed in red?
Oh, who's all dem people dressed in red?
All dem people dress in red
Dey am de folk what Moses fed,
And there's no hiding place down there!

CHORUS
No hiding place down there,
No hiding place down there--
I went to the Rock for to hide my face,
And de Rock cried out, "No hiding place--
No hiding place down there!"

2
Oh, who's all dem people dressed in white?
Oh, who's all dem people dressed in white?
All dem people dress in white,
Dey am de chillern of de Israelite,
And there's no hiding place down there!

3
Sinner-man a-sittin' on de gates of hell,
Sinner-man a-sittin' on de gates of hell--
Sinerman sittin' on de dates of hell,
De gate swung in, and de sinner-man fell--
And there's no hiding place down there!

Cuppy Wylie, by right of discovery.

Pg 101-102, Achievements of 1902 Yale College, in the section "Golden Treasury of 1902 Lyrics". Issued 10 years after graduation in 1912.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 19 May 23 - 07:11 PM

"Mistress Mary, she had one er golding chain;
Mistress Mary, she had one er golding chain;
'Twuz er golding er chain wid er evvy link in de Jesis name
An' dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere, Miss Mary,
Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.

O-o-h sinner man, min' how yer tread on de cross;
O-o-h sinner man, min' how yer tread on de cross;
O-o-o-o-h sinner man, min' how yer tread on de cross,
Fer yer foot mout slip an' yer sould git los',
An' dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.

O-o-h I went ter de rock fer ter hide my face
An' de rock cried out: 'No hidin' place!'
Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere, Mis Mary,
Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.

O-o-h er sinner man, er settin' on de gates uv hell,
De gate flew open an' de sinner man fell;
Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere, Mis Mary,
Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.

O-o-h er some come er cripple an' er some come er lame
An' er some come er hoppin' in de Jesis' name;
Dere am er rer no hidin' place down dere, Mis Mary,
Dere am er rer no hidin' place down dere."

Pg 233, of the novel The Storm Signal by Gustave Frederick Mertins, 1905.

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 19 May 23 - 07:25 PM

No Hiding Place
Arr. by J.S. Hamilton, '06

I'm a Baptist bred'n'a Baptist born.
I'm a Baptist bred'n'a Baptist born.
I'm a Baptist bred'n'a Baptist born.
An' when I'm dead there's a Baptist gone.

No hiding place down there,
No hiding place down
Hallelujah, lujah
No hiding place down there.
Oh some come a limpin'
And a some come a lame
And some come a-shoutin' in the master's name
No hiding place down there.

I seen a man a-sittin' on the Gates of Hell,
I seen a man a-sittin' on the Gates of Hell.
I seen a man a-sittin' on the Gates of Hell,
I seen a man a-stumble an' I seen a man fall.

No hiding place down there.
No hiding place down Hallelujah, lu jah,
No hiding place down there.
Oh some come a-limpin', an' some come a-lame.
An' some come a-shoutin' in the master name.
No hiding place down there.

Pgs 48-49, The Songs of Amherst, 1906. Text with music.

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 19 May 23 - 07:34 PM

No Hiding Place

There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here.
Went to the rocks for to hide my face,
Rocks cried out, "No hiding place,"
There's no hiding place down here.

There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here.
Boatman, boatman row one side,
Can't get to heav'n 'gainst win and tide.
There's no hiding place down here.

There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here.
Sinner man, sinner man beter repent,
Got's going to call you to judgment.
There's no hiding place down here.

Pg 30, Songs of the American Negro, 1907.   Text with music.

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 20 May 23 - 08:30 AM

"Sept. 19 [1864]. Went this morning to the domestic quarters of the hospital
to hear the colored washerwomen sing; a dozen in a row, all wearing turbans,
their black arms moving up and down, and the white foam flying, how they did sing!
A revival hymn they wailed in fine style; one verse was, --

"'An' on dat da' dar'll be no hidin' place,
An' on dat da' dar'll be no hidin' place,
An' on dat da' dar'll be no hidin' place,
De gate'll be shut, an' ye carn git in.'

Pg 76 of History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1891, where the editor quotes from a daily journal with this entry dated Sept 19, 1864.

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 20 May 23 - 10:01 AM

NO HIDING PLACE DOWN THERE

Oh, the Pi Phi's they are a bunch of wrecks, bunch of wrecks
Oh, the Pi Phi's they are a bunch of wrecks, bunch of wrecks
Oh, the Pi Phi's are a bunch of wrecks, turn out the lights
Turn on the sex,
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-ia
There's no hiding place down there.

Oh, the D.Z.'s, they are a bunch of frills, bunch of frills
Oh, the D.Z.'s, they are a bunch of frills, bunch of frills
Oh, the D.Z.'s are a bunch of frills with footsteps on their windowsills
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-ia
There's no hiding place down there

Oh, the Chi O's, they wear the low-neck dress, low-neck dress
Oh, the Chi O's, they wear the low-neck dress, low neck dress
Oh, the Chi O's wear the low-neck dress
It's cut so low I must confress,
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-a
There's no hiding place down there

Oh, the Phi Mu's they are so tried and true, tried and true
Oh, the Phi Mu's they are so tried and true, tried and true
Oh, the Phi Mu's are so tried and true
I have tried and so have you
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-a
No hiding place down there.

Oh, the A.O.Pi's they have no chaperones, chaperones
Oh, the A.O.Pi's they have no chaperones, chaperones
Oh, the A.O.Pi's have no chaperones
Turn out the lights, you're on your own
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-ia
There's no hiding place down there

Oh, the Tri Delts they wear their dresses tight, dresses tight
Oh, the Tri Delts they wear their dresses tight, dresses tight
Oh, the Tri Delts wear their dresses tight
Everything shows, but that's all right
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-ia
There's no hiding place down there

Oh, the A X, they wear their BVD's
Oh, the A X, they wear their BVD's
Oh, the Ax wear their BVD'S
Through them you can see with ease
There's no hiding place down there
Halla-lu-ia, lu-ia
There's no hiding place down there

Pg 5, of the mimeographed songbook OFFICIAL LYRICS of SIGMA PHI EPISLON FRATERNITY, University of Maine. This 30 page songbook is attached to the term paper "'DIRTY'" SONGS collected at the University of Maine" by Stephen Files, dated April, 1969.

See online here:

https://library.umaine.edu/content/NAFOH/text/NA0502.pdf

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 20 May 23 - 10:20 AM

NO HIDING PLACE

Young people who delight in sin (’Light in Sin)
Young people who delight in sin (’Light in Sin)
Young people who delight in sin I’ll tell you how its lately been,
Dere’s no hidin’ place down there’.

Chorus-- No hidin’ place down here (Hallelujah! Brothers.)
No hidin’ place down here (praise de Lawd)
I went up to de rocks to hide my face.
The rocks cried out, "No hidin’ place",
Dere’s no hidin’ place down here.

Sister Lucy, she wears a low necked dress.
Its much too low I must confess.

She went in the water ankle deep,
Prayed the Lawd her soul to keep.

Sister Lucy she has a wooden leg
She wears her garters on a peg.

A sinner-man sittin’ on the gate of Hell
De gates gave way and in he fell.

Of all the religions I love best,
I love de shoutin’ Methodist.

Oh, sinner-man, pull your boat one side.
You can’t get to heaven by de wind and de tide.

From page 62, IOCA Song-Fest, first edition, undated [1938].

See online here:

https://archive.org/details/1938iocasongfest/page/61/mode/2up?q=hiding&view=theater

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
From: and e
Date: 20 May 23 - 12:13 PM

No hiding place, down here (down there)
There's no hiding place, down there (no hiding place)
You know I went to the rock to hide my face
But the rock cried out: No hiding place!
There's no hiding place down there (down there)

You know the sinners 're gonna be running
At the knowledge of their fate
They'll run to the rocks and the mountains
But their prayers will be too late
Yeah, you know they forgot about Jesus
Not knowing the end was nigh
But they'll be running, trying to find a hiding place
When it comes their time to die.

No hiding place - on the mountain
No hiding place - in the waters
No hiding place down here (no hiding place), yeah!
I went to the rock to hide my face
But the rock cried out: No hiding place!
There's no hiding place
Down here (Down there)

When the world catch on fire
There'll be (no hiding place)
Yeah, when the waters starts boiling
There'll be no hiding place
When the lighting starts flashing
There'll be no hiding place
Oh, when the thunder starts rolling
There'll be no hiding place

Can't you see old gambler running
Saying 'Lord, save my soul'
...

Transcribed from the singing on the tv show Babylon 5, Season 3, Episode 20. First broadcast 10/7/1996. A very good performance with variant words. On a personal note, this is the first time I encountered this song.

See the video of the song online here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMwUeVawng