128.

GOD GOT PLENTY O' ROOM.

God got

plenty o' room, got plenty o' room, 'Way in de

kingdom, God got plenty o' room my Je-sus say, 'Way in de

kingdom.

1. Brethren, I have come a- gain, 'Way in de

kingdom, To help you all to pray and sing, 'Way in de kingdom.

2 So many-a weeks and days have passed
Since we met together last.

3 Old Satan tremble when he sees
The weakest saints upon their knees.

4 Prayer makes the darkest cloud withdraw,
Prayer climbed the ladder Jacob saw.

5 Daniel's wisdom may I know,
Stephen's faith and spirit sure.

6 John's divine communion feel,
Joseph's meek and Joshua's zeal.

7 There is a school on earth begun
Supported by the Holy One.

8 We soon shall lay our school-books by,
And shout salvation as I fly.

[The above is given exactly as it was sung, some of the measures in, some in, and some in time. The irregularity probably arises from omission of rests, but it seemed a hopeless undertaking to attempt to restore the correct time, and it was thought best to give it in this shape as at any rate a characteristic specimen of negro singing. The song was obtained of a North Carolina negro, who said it came from Virginia.]

129.

YOU MUST BE PURE AND HOLY.

1. When I was wicked an' - a

prone to

sin, My

Lord, brether - en, ah my Lord! I thought that I couldn't be

born a gin, My Lord, breth - er en, ah

CHORUS.

You must be pure and holy, You must be

holy, You must be pure and ho- ly To see God feed his lambs.

2 I'll run all round the cross and cry,

My Lord, bretheren, ah my Lord,

Or give me Jesus, or I die,

My Lord, bretheren, ah my Lord.

You must be pure and holy, etc.

[This is a favorite and apparently genuine song which "flourishes" in a colored church at Auburn, N. Y. having been introduced there from the South. "It is sung on all occasions, and without any regard to order in the verses; you may not be able to see any connection between any of them. The chorus is always sung once or twice before the verses are used at all. You will see that occasionally there is inserted an extra syllable (ah) and always in the 2nd and 4th lines of the verses; why this is done I am unable to discover, but it appears to assist them wonderfully in singing. The first note in the chorus is sung very loud, and is prolonged to an indefinite time, at the pleasure of the leader. You will notice that the air is in the minor mode, but the chorus, with the exception of the last line, in the major."-W. A. B.]

Mo parlé Ré - mon, Ré - mon, Li parlé Si - mon, Si

mon, Li par - lé Ti-tine, Ti - tine, Li tom - bé dans chagrin.

CHORUS.

O femme Rom-u- lus, oh! Belle femme Romulus, oh! O

femme Rom-u - lus, oh! Belle femme qui ca vou lé mo fai.

Au-rore Bradaire, belle ti fille, Au- rore Bradaire, belle ti fille, Au