TAKE MY MOTHER HOME

I think I heard Him say,
When He was strugglin' up the hill
I think I heard Him say,
Take my mother home

I think I heard Him say
When dey was spittin' in His face
I think I heard Him say,
Take my mother home

Then I'll die easy
Take my mother home
Then I'll die easy
Take my mother home

I think I heard Him say,
When they was rafflin' off His clothes
I think I heard Him say,
Take my mother home

I think I heard Him cry,
When they was nailin' in the nails
I think I heard Him cry,
Take my mother home

I'll die this death on Calvary
Ain't gone die no more
I'll die on Calvary
I ain't gone die no more
O, I ain't gone die no more

Then I'll die easy
Take my mother home
Then I'll die easy
Take my mother home

I think I heard Him say
When He was dying on the cross
I think I heard Him say,
Take my mother home

I think I heard Him cry,
When He was givin' up the ghost
I think I heard Him cry,
Take my mother home

(this version taken from a Naxxos CD called "Spirituals," by mezzo-soprano Barbara Conrad, and others - but I'm sure the song is traditional. Her recording is good, but I'd like to hear it sung by a bass, like Paul Robeson.)
-Joe Offer-