HOW DO YOU DO, EVERYBODY?
[Greeting Shout Spiritual]

How do you do, everybody, how do you do?
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

How do you do, my dear brethren, how do you do?
How do you do, my dear brethren, how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

How do you do, my dear sistren, how do you do?
How do you do, my dear sistren, how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

How do you do, my dear mother, how do you do?
How do you do, my dear mother, how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

How do you do, my dear father, how do you do?
How do you do, my dear father, how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

How do you do, my good member, how do you do?
How do you do, my good member, how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

How do you do, everybody, how do you do?
How do you do, everybody how do you do?
I don't come to worry your patience.
I just come to bring salvation.
How do you do, everybody, how do you do?

Last chorus repeated

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Song sample: "How Do You Do, Ev'rybody?" – Greeting shout, from "The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music," Harry Belafonte, compiler, Buddha Records (BMG Distribution), 2001 (www.BuddhaRecords.com)

http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/Freedom/values.cfm
"Sweet Chariot- The Story of the Spirituals"

A sound clip is included.