From The Religious Development of the Negro in Virginia: A Dissertation... by Joseph Brummell Earnest (Norfolk, Va.: University of Virginia, 1914), page 154:

[THE CITY OF REFUGE]

1. The decree was signed by Darius, and then,
Daniel was cast in the lion's den;
God sent an angel on his accord,
He came and locked the lion's jaw.

CHORUS. I am going to run, I am going to run,
I am going to run to the City of Refuge,
I am going to run.

2. Job was a man whom God did love.
God gave Job a home above.
The time came he had to die,
Then Job was taken up in the sky. CHORUS.

3. Elijah and Elisha they went together.
God took one and left the other.
Elijah looked and did aspire.
He saw the chariot and the horses of fire. CHORUS.

[Verses 4-8 omitted in the text.]

9. They put John in a kettle of oil.
God was with him and he never got soiled.
With hallowed power, the angel came,
Went into the kettle and cooled the flame. CHORUS.

[The text also has this interesting observation:]

Anyone who will take the trouble to attend a Negro church during big meeting times will hear community authorship of hymns going on in his very presence. For instance, in certain songs the mere substitution of a different name enables them to sing again the whole stanza without feeling that they are repeating. The most ignorant kitchen servant might by such means contribute to the most beautiful songs. That this has often happened no student of Negro church music can deny.