Lyr Add: When I'm Gone (Spiritual)

Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN I'M GONE (spiritual)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 06:23 PM

Lyr. Add: WHEN I'M GONE (spiritual)

When I'm gone, doan' yer grieve after me,
When I'm gone, doan' yer grieve after me,
When I'm gone, doan' yer grieve after me,
Bye an' bye, doan' yer grieve after me.

*Pale horse an' rider done carry ma mother away;
Pale horse and rider done carry ma sister away;
Cole icy han' done carry ma father away,
Bye an' bye, doan yer grieve after me.

* Additional verses may be formed from each line of this verse, one for each person carried away.

William Arms Fisher, 1926, "Seventy Negro Spirituals (for low voice)", Oliver Ditson Company. Pp. 108-109, sheet music. From the Collection of Miss Maria McDonald.

Also titled "When I'm Dead," John W. Work, 1940, "American Negro Songs and Spirituals," p. 119, with music.
When I'm dead, don't you grieve after me, etc.

Not seen- "Don't You Grieve After Me," McIlhenny, "Befo' de War Spirituals."

Verses from other spirituals may be added ad lib.