The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2035 Message #4172617
Posted By: Jack Horntip
19-May-23 - 07:11 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: No Hiding Place
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No Hiding Place
"Mistress Mary, she had one er golding chain; Mistress Mary, she had one er golding chain; 'Twuz er golding er chain wid er evvy link in de Jesis name An' dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere, Miss Mary, Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.
O-o-h sinner man, min' how yer tread on de cross; O-o-h sinner man, min' how yer tread on de cross; O-o-o-o-h sinner man, min' how yer tread on de cross, Fer yer foot mout slip an' yer sould git los', An' dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.
O-o-h I went ter de rock fer ter hide my face An' de rock cried out: 'No hidin' place!' Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere, Mis Mary, Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.
O-o-h er sinner man, er settin' on de gates uv hell, De gate flew open an' de sinner man fell; Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere, Mis Mary, Dere am er rer no hidin' er place down dere.
O-o-h er some come er cripple an' er some come er lame An' er some come er hoppin' in de Jesis' name; Dere am er rer no hidin' place down dere, Mis Mary, Dere am er rer no hidin' place down dere."
Pg 233, of the novel The Storm Signal by Gustave Frederick Mertins, 1905.