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DANVILLE CHARIOT Cho: Oh, swing low, sweet chariot, Pray let me enter in, I don't want to stay here no longer. I done been to heaven, an' I done been tried, I done been to de water, an' I done been baptized; I don' want to stay here no longer. Oh, down to the water I was led, My soul got fed with de heavenly bread; I don' want to stay here no longer. I had a little book, an' I read it through, I got my Jesus as well as you; I don' want to stay here no longer. Oh, I got a mother in de promised land, I hope my mother will feed dem lambs; I don' want to stay here no longer. Oh, some go to church for to holler an' shout, Before six months dey're all turned out; I don' want to stay here no longer. Oh, some go to church for to laugh an' talk, But dey knows nothin' 'bout dat Christian walk; I don' want to stay here no longer. Oh, shout, shout, de debil is about, Oh, shut your do' an' keep him out; I don' want to stay here no longer. For he is so much-a like a snake-a in de grass, If you don' mind he will get you at las'; I don' want to stay here no longer. Printed in Fenner, 1874, Cabin and Plantation Songs, as The Danville Chariot, p. 11. In Dett, 1927, p. 38-39, as I Don't Want To Stay Here No Longer. Both give sheet music. A variant in Burleigh, Plantation Melodies Old and New, as I Doan' Want Fu' T' Stay Hyeah No Longah, p. 3. @religion @spiritual filename[ DANVCHAR DX Feb07 |
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