Thomas W. Talley, Negro Folk Rhymes, taken from his 1921 Ms. Reprinted in 1990 new edition, p.219.

THE OTHER SIDE OF JORDAN

Oh, de Devil an' Black Jack, dey wuz a playin' seben-up,
Dat 'ar game up dat call fer a half a dollar,
Chile, de Devil kick'd de Jack from de bottom of de pack,
An' de Imps 'cross Jurdon heard 'im holler!

Refrain:
Pull off you' coat boys, roll up yo' sleeves,
Jurdon's a hard road to travel!
Pull off yo' coat boys, roll up yo' sleeves,
Jurdon's a hard road to travel!

Oh, I wish I wuz de devil, wid his hawns an' hoofs an' shovel,
Den I'd han' down to de Imps a liddle burden,
Put de Niggers in a hiddle, lak de ducks all in a puddle;
An' den lan' 'em on de tother side of Jurdon.

Oh, de Missus an' ole Mosser wus got heaps of kinds of meat,
It wuz sheep an' ham an' lam' an' hog an' mutton.
Black Jack step'd up to de house, stuffed a ham down in his mouf,
Den he brung awau de balunce jes'a struttin'.

Charles A. Wolfe, the editor of the new edition, says "Talley preserved both words and music to this in his 'Negro Traditions' manuscript, where it appears in the story, 'The Devil's Daughter'." He goes on to say that the song "possibly has roots in the minstrel tradition and is related to "Jordon Am A Hard Road To Travel," published as early as 1853...." {refers to Dan Emmett and words by T. F. Briggs).
The music Talley preserved is not copied in his book.

The following is a white version collected from B. B. McKellops, MO, 1933. She said "this piece was known to her family as long ago as 1840." From Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 2, p. 390, new edition, 1980.

THE OTHER SIDE OF JORDAN

Oh, I look to the East an' I look to the West
An' I seen old Nick a-comin',
With four bay horses all in a-breast
Acrost on the other side of Jordan.

Refrain:
Off with your coats, boys, an' roll up your sleeves,
Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe,
Off with your coats boys, an' roll up your sleeves,
Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.

Jonah in the whale, forty days and forty nights,
No way to get out for certain,
Jonah took a straw, tickled the whale under the jaw,
An' it throwed him on the other side of Jordan.