15. LORD, REMEMBER ME. 1. Oh Deat' he is a little man, And he goes from do' to do', He kill some souls and he wounded some, And he lef' some souls to pray. Oh Lord, re-mem-ber me, Do, Lord, re- mem-ber mem-ber met as de year roll round, Lord, re- member 2 I want to die like-a Jesus die, And he die wid a free good will, I lay out in de grave and I stretchee out e arms, me; Re me. 16. 4 O me NOT WEARY YET. no weary yet, O me no weary yet 1. I have a wit-ness in my heart, O me no weary yet. (Brudder Tony *) 2 Since I been in de field to † fight. 3 I have a heaven to maintain. 4 De bond of faith are on my soul. 5 Ole Satan toss a ball at me. 6 Him tink de ball would hit my soul. 7 De ball for hell and I for heaven. • Sister Mary. † Been 1 18. 1. O walk Jordan long road, And religion so sweet; O re 3 Religion make you happy.* 4 Religion gib me patience.† 5 O member, get religion. 6 I long time been a-huntin'. 7 I seekin' for my fortune. 8 OI gwine to meet my Savior. 9 Gwine to tell him 'bout my trials. 11 Dey call me turnback + Christian. 13 But I dont care what dey call me. 14 Lord, trial 'longs to a Christian. 15 O tell me 'bout religion. 16 I weep for Mary and Marta. 17 I seek my Lord and I find him • Humble. + Honor, Comfort. + Lyin', 'ceitful. HUNTING FOR THE LORD. Hunt till you find him, Halle - lu-jah, And a huntin' for de Lord; Till you find him, Halle-lu-jah, And a-huntin' for de Lord, wait up-on de Lord, my God, who take away de sin of the world. 1. If you want to find Jesus, go in the wil - der - ness, Go in de wilder-ness, go in de wilder-ness, Mournin' brudder, go in de wilderness, I* wait up on de Lord. 3 You want to be a Christian. 4 You want to get religion. 5 If you spec' to be converted. 60 weepin' Mary. 7 'Flicted sister. 8 Say, ain't you a member? 9 Half-done Christian. 10 Come, backslider. 11 Baptist member. 12 O seek, brudder Bristol. 13 Jesus a waitin' to meet you in de wilderness. Го. [The second part of this spiritual is the familiar Methodist hymn "Ain't I glad I got out of the wilderness!" and may be the original. The first part is very beautiful, and appears to be peculiar to the Sea Islands.] 20. TELL MY JESUS "MORNING." 1. In de mornin' when I rise, Tell my Jesus huddy, oh ;* I wash my hands in de morn-in' glory, Tell my Jesus huddy, oh. Variation to first line. (Brudder Sammy) 1. Who gwine to lay dis bo-dy, Member, O, shout glo-ry.* And-a who gwine to lay dis bo-dy, Oh ring Je-ru salem. 2. O call all de member to de graveyard. Member, &c. 60 I walk and I toss wid Jesus. 7 My mudder reel and-a toss wid de fever. 10 I find 'em, Lord, in de graveyard. 11 (Member,) I wheel, and I rock, and I gwine home. 12 (Brudder Sammy) O 'peat dat story over. Variation to Verse 3. order; John, John, wid de holy order, Sit-tin' on de gol - den order; John, John, wid de holy order, Sit-tin' on de gol - den or ❤ der, To view de pro- mised land. O Lord, I weep, I mourn, Why don't you move so slow? I'm a hunt-in' for some guardian angel Gone a-long before. John, John, de holy Baptist. Ma-ry and Mar-ta, |