DE BLIN' MAN
Arr. Clarence Cameron White

1
Oh, de blin' man stood on de way an' cried,
Oh, de blin' man stood on de way an' cried,
Cryin', "O ... Lordy, save me!"
Oh, de blin' man stood on de way an' cried.
2
Cryin' dat he might receib' his sight,
Cryin' dat he might receib' his sight,
Cryin', "O... Lordy, Save me!"
Oh, de blin' man stood on de way an' cried,
"Save me!"

pp. 92-93, Clarence Cameron White, 1927, "Forty Negro Spirituals, Compiled and Arranged for Solo Voice with Pianoforte Accompaniment," Theodore Presser Co., Philadelphia. Quarto, sheet music.

C. C. White taught at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, but his collection came from a broader area. Started by the State in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it initiated a collegiate program in 1915, at which time it became the West Virginia Collegiate Institute. It is now known as West Virginia State University; the student body of 7000 is now 90 percent white; commuter students and mostly part-time, but students on campus are mostly African-American.