The version below is from Mary Allen Grissom, The Negro Sings a New Heaven (1930; rpt. Dover, 1969, pp. 80-81). Tempo added is mine.

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B:Mary Allen Grissom, The Negro Sings a New Heaven, pp. 80-81
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w:want two wings_ to veil my face_ Lawd I
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w:_ mon In all my life_ be-fo'_.

LAWD I WANT TWO WINGS

Lawd, I want two wings to veil my face,
Lawd, I want two wings to fly away;
Lawd, I want two wings to veil my face,
Lawd, I want two wings to fly away.

Jesus on the mountain
Preachin' to the po',
Never heard such a sermon
In all my life befo'.

Did not come in the mawnin',
Neither in the heat of the day;
But He always come in the evenin',
An' washed my sins away.

When you are in trouble,
Journeyin' on yo' way;
Jes' put yo' trust in Jesus,
An' don't forget to pray.

Git up in the mawnin',
Git up out-a yo' bed;
You should not eat one mouthful
Until yo' prayers are said.

I went down in the valley,
Hands across my breast;
Thought I heard King Jesus say--
come unto me an' rest.

Yonder comes my mother--
Wha' you been so long?
Well, I been down in the valley,
My soul's done anchored an' gone.

Yonder comes that Angel--
What might be yo' name?
My name is Great Jehovah,
Well, you must be bawn again.

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