77. I Ain't Gwine Grief Muh Lawd No Mo'

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I ain't gwine grief muh Lawd no mo'
fo' de Bible tell me so.
I ain't gwine grief muh Lawd no mo'-

1
De tallest tree in Paradise
de Christians call it de tree ob life
I ain't gwine grief muh Lawd no mo'
fo' de Bible tell me so.
2
O Paul and Silas bound in jail
De one did sing while de odduh pray'd.
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3
I wants to go to heben and I wants to go right
I wants to go to heben all dressed in white.
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4
O look up yonder what I see
Bright angels coming after me.
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5
Ef you git dere befo' I do
Look out fo' me I'm coming too.
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6
O my name done written, done written down fine
O my name done written, in David's line.
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Variant also in Carl Diton, 1928, Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals ...., G. Schirmer.
It lacks verses 1, 3 and 6. Collected at Frogmore Island, 1913.