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Thread #130508 Message #2938871
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
02-Jul-10 - 08:37 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Don't Get Weary
106. Don't Get Weary
1
Members don't get weary,
members don't get weary,
members don't get weary,
fo' de work's almost done.
Chorus-
O keep yo' lamp trimmed and a burnin',
keep yo' lamp trimmed and a burnin',
keep yo' lamp trimmed and a burnin',
for de work's almost done.
2ff.
Brothers, Sisters, etc. Don't Get weary.
Another version, melody somewhat different, in "The Story of the Jubilee Singers," No. 71, "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed."