There's No Hiding Place Down Here (No Hiding Place) is another spiritual first recorded by the Famous Jubilee Singers in 1927. The probable source is the Carter's African-American contacts Leslie Riddle and Pauline Gray.

For comparison below the Carters is a 1928 printed version:

THERE'S NO HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE- Carter Family 1934

    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary wears the golden chain
There's every link in Jesus' name
There's no hiding place down here

    There's no hiding place down here
    There's no hiding place down here
    Well, I run to the rock just to hide my face
    And the rocks cried out, no hiding place
    There's no hiding place down here
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

I'll pitch my tent on the old campground
I'll pitch my tent on the old campground
I'll pitch my tent on the old campground
I'll give Satan one more round
There's no hiding place down here

    There's no hiding place down here
    There's no hiding place down here
    Well, I run to the rock just to hide my face
    And the rocks cried out, no hiding place
    There's no hiding place down here
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

Oh, the Devil wears a hypocrite's shoe
The Devil wears a hypocrite's shoe
The Devil wears a hypocrite's shoe
And if you don't watch out he'll slip it on you
There's no hiding place down here

    There's no hiding place down here
    There's no hiding place down here
    Well, I run to the rock just to hide my face
    And the rocks cried out, no hiding place
    There's no hiding place down here

NO HIDING-PLACE DOWN THERE N. I. White, 1928 (1965) American Negro Folk-Songs, p. 121-122, no music.


Went down to the rocks to hide my face, (3 times)
The rocks cried out no hiding-place,
No hiding-place down there.

Pharoah's daughter lookin' for roses, (3 times)
Stumpted her toe and fell over Moses,
No hiding-place down there.

Sister Mary wears a golden chain, (3 times)
And every link's in Jesus name,
No hiding-place down there.

Sinnaman sitting on the gates of hell, (3 times)
The gates flew open and in he fell,
No hiding-place down there.

Sinnaman row your boat one side, (3 times)
Cause you can't get to heaven on the ebbing tide,
No hiding-place down there.

Cause hell is deep and hell is wide, (3 times)
You can't touch the bottom and you can't touch the side,
No hiding-place down there.