See also DONE MADE MY VOW in songbook LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING.

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DONE MADE MY VOW TO THE LORD
Traditional Negro Spiritual


REFRAIN:
Done made my vow to the Lord
And I never will turn back.
I will go, I shall go
To see what the end will be.
Done opened my mouth to the Lord
And I never will turn back.
I will go, I shall go
To see what the end will be.

VERSES:

LEADER: Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down,
PEOPLE: See what the end will be.
LEADER: But still my soul is heav'nly bound
PEOPLE: See what the end will be.

LEADER: I'll pray and pray and never stop,
PEOPLE: See what the end will be.
PEOPLE: Until I reach the mountain top,
PEOPLE: See what the end will be.

LEADER: If you get there before I do,
PEOPLE: See what the end will be.
LEADER: Tell all my friends I'm coming too,
PEOPLE: See what the end will be.


SOURCE:
American Negro Songs, 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular. John W. Work, Dover Publications, Mineola, NY 1998. Orig. pub. Crown Publishers, NY, 1940. ISBN 0-486-40271-1.

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