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Thread #39304   Message #558027
Posted By: wysiwyg
25-Sep-01 - 01:57 AM
Thread Name: Slavery-Era Song, 'Run, ======, Run'
Subject: Lyr Add: MOST DONE TRABELLIN'
rich r, I dunno if these fit, but maybe someone who has these songbooks can see:

Mos' Done Toilin' Here, in the Second Book Of Negro Spirituals
Most Done Toiling Here, in Folk Songs Of The American Negro

My index is not exhaustive-- others may have other hits on this as well.

Here's one I do have-- anything like "Lingering"? (Post it?)

~S~

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MOST DONE TRABELLIN'
Traditonal Negro Spiritual

Oh, my mudder's in de road,
Most done trabelling;
My mudder's in de road,
Most done trabelling,
My mudder's in de road,
Most done trabelling.

REFRAIN:
I'm bound to carry my soul to de Lord.
I'm bound to carry my soul to my Jesus,
I'm bound to carry my soul to de Lord.

Oh, my sister's in de road,
Most done trabelling,
My sister's in de road,
Most done trabelling.
My sister's in de road,
Most done trabelling;

Oh, my brudder's in de road,
Most done trabelling,
My brudder's in de road,
Most done trabelling.
My brudder's in de road,
Most done trabelling;

Oh, de preacher's in de road,
Most done trabelling,
De preacher's in de road,
Most done trabelling.
De preacher's in de road,
Most done trabelling;

All de member's in de road,
Most done trabelling,
De members' in de road,
Most done trabelling.
De members' in de road,
Most done trabelling;


SOURCE: Hampton And Its Students (Armstrong, Ludlow)

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