MOTHER, IS MASSA GWINE TO SELL US?

Mother, is massa gwine to sell us tomorrow?
Yes, yes, yes!
Mother, is massa gwine to sell us tomorrow?
Yes, yes, yes!
Mother, is massa gwine to sell us tomorrow?
Yes, yes, yes!
O watch and pray.

Gwine to sell us down in Georgia?
Yes, yes, yes!
Gwine to sell us down in Georgia?
Yes, yes, yes!
Gwine to sell us down in Georgia?
Yes, yes, yes!
O watch and pray!

Farewell, mother, I must lebe you.
yes, yes, yes! etc.

Mother, don't griebe arter me.
Yes, yes, yes! etc.

Mother, I'll meet you in heaven.

N. R. Dett, 1927, Religious Folk Songs of the Negro, p. 230, with music. "Lento patetico." Chorus sings Yes, yes, yes! and O watch and pray, the rest is solo.
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