Another quite different song with a similar title, and from the same year, also from sheet music at the Library of Congress:


OH! DON'T GET WEARY, CHILDREN!
"The great plantation song composed by Eva West
and sung by her with immense success throughout the U. S."
New York: Spear & Dehnhoff, 1877.

1. O Car'line come and go wid me.
Oh! ah, oh, ah, oh, ah!
We'll dance and sing and happy be.
Oh! ah, oh, ah, oh, ah!
Come take your bonnet off the wall,
Den all de kids dey 'gin to bawl:
O Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

CHORUS: Oh, don't get weary; don't get weary, children.
Don't get weary; we hain't got long to stay!
Fall down upon your little knees,
And pray de Lord to take you in,
And he will wash your face from sin,
And take you to his home.

2. O what's dat music playin' for?
Oh! ah, oh, ah, oh, ah!
Come pick de banjo; scrape de floor.
Oh! ah, oh, ah, oh, ah!
Now Car'line what you doin' dar?
For de good Lor's sake go comb yer har!
O Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

CHORUS: Now don't get weary....

3. Now white folks come and 'gin de spree.
Oh! ah, oh, ah, oh, ah!
You'll 'joy yourselves like(?) bumble bees.
Oh! ah, oh, ah, oh, ah!
Come bring de kids bofe great and small.
Dar's room enough for Sall and all.
O Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

CHORUS: So don't get weary....