54. THE WHITE MARBLE STONE. 1. Sister Dol - ly* light the lamp, and the lamp light the road, And I 20 the city light the lamp, the white man he will sold, 3 0 the white marble stone, and the white marble stone. *Believer, Patty, etc. [This song was described to us as "too pretty." The following minor variation might be called “too much prettier." 0 my sister light de lamp, and de lamp light de road; I wish I been dere for to hear de Jor dan roll. 55. I CAN'T STAND THE FIRE. I can't stan' de fire, (dear sister) I can't stan' de fire, (0 Lord) I can't stan' de fire, While Jordan da roll so swif'. (Tiddy 'Rinah.) [Probably only a fragment of a longer piece. The following variation was sung at Coffin's Point: Can't stand the fire, Can't stand the fire, Can't, etc. (O Lord, I) Can't stand the fire. 1. Meet, O Lord, on de milk-white horse, An' de nineteen wile*in his han'; Drop on, drop on de crown on my head, An' roll-y in my Jesus' arm. In dat mornin' all day, In dat mornin' all day, mornin' all day, When Je - sus de Chris' been born. 2 Moon went into de poplar tree, An' star went into blood; In dat mornin', etc. * i. e. the anointing vial. [This was taught me by a boy from Hilton Head Island, whom the rebel Gen. Drayton left holding his horse "when gun shoot at Bay Pint." The General never returned to reclaim his horse, which afterwards came into the possession of a friend of mine, and was famed for swiftness. I had several fine rides upon milk-white" Drayton.—W. F. A.] 66 57. WAIT, MR. MACKRIGHT. Wai', Mister Mackright, an' 'e yedde what Sa - tan y: Satan full me full of music, an' tell me not to pray. Mister Mackright cry holy; O Lord, cry holy. Walk 'em eas- y round de heaben, Walk 'em easy round de heaben, Walk 'em easy round de heaben, Till all living may join dat band.* 2 I meet my mudder early in de mornin', 3 I meet brudder Robert early in de mornin'; 4 I meet titta-Wisa† early in de mornin'; I ax titta-Wisa, how you do, my darter? * O shout glory till 'em join dat ban'. ti. e. sister Louisa. [This shout is accompanied by the peculiar shuffling dance, except in the chorus, where they walk around in slow time, keeping step to their song."J. S. R.] help me bear de cross. O hail, Mary, hail! O hail, Mary, hail! O hail, Mary, hail! To help me bear de cross. ["I fancied," says Col. Higginson, "that the original reading might have been 'soul,' instead of soldier,'-with some other syllable inserted, to fill out the metre, and that the · Hail, Mary,' might denote a Roman Catholic origin, as I had several men from St. Augustine who held in a dim way to that faith." In Mr. Spaulding's article in the Continental Monthly, a tune nearly identical with this is given with words almost the same as those of "No more peck of corn," No. 64, the whole as an introduction to the second part of "Trouble of the World," No. 10-a curious illustration of the way in which the colored people make different combinations of their own tunes at different times :] 1. Done wid dri ber's dri - bin', Done wid dri ber's dri bin', Done wid driber's dri bin', Roll, Jordan, roll. 2 Done wid massa's hollerin', 3 Done wid missus' scoldin'. 1. Dere's no rain to wet you.|| Oyes, I want to go | home,|| Want to go home. 2 Dere's no sun to burn you,-O yes, etc. 3 Dere's no hard trials. 4 Dere's no whips a-crackin'. 5 Dere's no stormy weather. 6 Dere's no tribulation. 7 No more slavery in de kingdom. 8 No evil-doers in de kingdom. 9 All is gladness in de kingdom. [Verse 7 was added after the Emancipation Proclamation.-J. S. R.] 1 |