WE ARE GOIN' HOME
Trinidad spiritual, also known in Jamaica

We are goin' home, we are goin' home,
We are trav'lin' to de grave.

Holy Michael, Holy Michael,
He's a-leadin' all de way.

Den to de Cross I'll turn my eyes,
Do, Lord, remember me.

Holy Moses, holy Moses,
He's a-leadin' all de way.

Goin' home, we are goin' home,
we are trav'lin' to de grave.
'Cos we are goin' home, etc.

Holy Moses, holy Moses,
He's a-leadin' all de way'
(humming)

We are goin' home, we are goin' home,
We are trav'lin' to de grave.

With musical score, arranged for voices, guitar, drum and bass. Pp. 6-7.
Edric Connor, 1958, Songs from Trinidad, Oxford University Press.

The theme is similar to that of U.S. spirituals, but may have been independently composed.