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Thread #40977   Message #595301
Posted By: Giac
18-Nov-01 - 07:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: When My Blood Runs Chiller and Cold
Subject: Lyr Add: LORD, REMEMBER ME
Here's a version I've had for so long, without attribution, that I no longer remember from where it came:

LORD, REMEMBER ME !

O do Lord, remember me !
O do, Lord, remember me !
O, do remember me, until de year roll round !
Do, Lord, remember me !

If you want to die like Jesus died,
Lay in de grave,
You would fold your arms and close your eyes
And die wid a free good will.

For Death is a simple ting,
And he go from door to door
And he knock down some, and he cripple up some,
And he leave some here to pray.

O do, Lord, remember me!
O do, Lord, remember me!
My old fader 's gone till de year roll round;
Do, Lord, remember me!


The version I learned in summer camp in the late 40s, had the chorus as Do Lord, Oh, Do Lord, Oh, do remember me (3x)
Look away, beyond the blue.

Mary