The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #130508   Message #2937516
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Jun-10 - 05:40 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: All I Do de Church Keep-a Grumblin'
85. All I Do de Church Keep-a Grumblin'

1 All I do de church keep a grumblin' all I do,
All I do de church keep a grumblin' all I do,
I do, I do, all I do.

2 All I do muh mother keep a grumblin' (or can't satify.)
All I do.

For other verses, use the words "Father," "Brother," "Sister," "Deacon," "Pastor," etc.

Also in Carl Diton, Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals .... and J. W. Johnson, The Second Book of Negro Spirituals.