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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Nov-10 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Do Lord, Oh Do Lord, Do Remember Me
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Do Lord Remember Me
1863,"Under the Palmetto," H. G. Spaulding, Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 198.
O, Lord, Do, Lord (no title)
I'm a like to die as Jesus die,
An' he die with a freely good will,
He lay in de grabe,
An' he stretchy out He arms,
O Lord, remember me.
Chorus:
O, Lord, remember me,
Do, Lord, remember me;
Remember me when de year rolls round,
O, Lord, remember me.
Brief musical score.
http://books.google.com/books?id=uzEZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA199&dq=%22O+brudder+William%22#22&f=false
Article found by Jim Dixon.