Every time I'm half-way down,
Oh, oh, half-way down,
Then I hear a posting sound
Half-way gone to the bottom.

Every time I hear the sound
Oh, oh, half-way down
I know my time has come around
Half-way to the bottom

CH:

Half-way! Half-a-way!
Know I'll be climbing back some day
Half-way!! Oh, half-a-way,
An' I won't stay on the bottom.

And when my time has come around.
Oh, oh, half-way down,
I know no more I'll be sinking down
Half-way to the bottom

And whenI know I will sink no more
Oh, oh, half-way down,
'Tis then I arrive on the top-post shore
From Half-way to the bottom

Half-way! Half-a-way!
Know I'll be climbing back some day
Half-way!! Oh, half-a-way,
An' I won't stay on the bottom.

Half-Way Down
from "Spirituals of the MOAB Singer Tribe"
by Randall Media-Basso
Ettiquot and Quovadis, Epson Downs, 1973