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ALL OVER THIS WORLD (I)

All over this world,
All over this world,
Yes, all over this world.
All over this world.

Going to the graveyard soon be over,
Soon be over, soon be over,
Going to the graveyard soon be over,
All over this world.

'Burking the gospel soon be over,
Old back-biting soon be over,
Ringing of the church bell soon be over,
Oh, that praying soon be over.

All over this world,
All over this world,
Yes, all over this world.
All over this world.

SOURCE: Befo' De War Spirituals (1933; quoted from Peters, Lyrics of the African-American Spiritual, p. 264)

ALL OVER THIS WORLD (II)

CHORUS:
All over this world,
All over this world,
All over this world,
All over this world.

1.
All my troubles will soon be over with,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All my troubles will soon be over with,
All over this world.

2.
All back-biting will soon be over,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All back-biting will soon be over,
All over this world.

3.
All back-sliding will soon be over,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All back-sliding will soon be over,
All over this world.

4.
Weeping and a-mourning will soon be over with,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
Weeping and a-mourning will soon be over with,
All over this world.

5.
All my troubles will soon be over with,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All my troubles will soon be over with,
All over this world.

SOURCE: John W. Work, American Negro Songs (1940; Dover, p. 167; with music). The same version (2 verses only; no music) is in Work, Folk Song of the American Negro (1915; Negro Universities Press, 1969, p. 57).

Rosetta Tharpe recorded "All Over This World" in 1942 (on Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 2, Document DOCD-5335).

~Masato