Mammy’s watchin’ by you all de w’ile;Daddy is a-wukin’ down in de cott’n fiel’,Wukin’ fu’ his little honey child.An’ yo’ mammy’s heart is jes a-brimmin’ full o’ lubFu’ you f’om yo’ head down to yo’ feet;Oh, no mattah w’at some othah folks may t’ink o’ you,To yo’ mammy’s heart you’s mighty sweet.You’s sweet to yo’…
Your arm’s too short to box with God.But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said:A certain man had two sons.Jesus didn’t give this man a name,But his name is God Almighty.And Jesus didn’t call these sons by name,But ev’ry young man,Ev’rywhere,Is one of these two sons.And the younger son said to his father,He said:…
Today look on us from above;On us, the offspring of thy faith,The children of thy Christ-like love.For that which we have humbly wrought,Give us today thy kindly smile;Wherein we’ve failed or fallen short,Bear with us, Father, yet awhile.Father, Father Abraham,Today we lift our hearts to thee,Filled with the thought of what great priceWas paid, that…
Southern summer night.Stars a-gleamin’ and a-glowin’,Moon jes shinin’ right.Strollin’, like all lovers do,Down de lane wid Lindy Lou;Honey on her lips to waste;‘Speck I’m gwine to steal a taste.Oh, ma lady’s lips am like de honey,Ma lady’s lips am like de rose;An’ I’m jes like de little bee a-buzzin’‘Round de flower wha’ de nectah grows.Ma…
But, oh, I have a magic wayTo turn the gloom to cheerful day —I softly sing.And if the way grows darker still,Shadowed by Sorrow’s somber wing,With glad defiance in my throat,I pierce the darkness with a note,And sing, and sing.I brood not over the broken past,Nor dread whatever time may bring;No nights are dark, no…
W’ere de cott’n is a-openin’ an’ a-w’itenin’ in de sun,An’ de ripenin’ o’ de sugah-cane is mighty nigh begun.An’ de locus’ is a-singin’ f’om eveh bush an’ tree,An’ you kin heah de hummin’ o’ de noisy bumblebee;An’ de mule he stan’s a-dreamin’ an’ a-dreamin’ in de lot,An’ de sun it is a-shinin’ mighty hot, hot,…
Der wuz twelve ole chicken thievesIn dis heah town, includin’ me.Ef he tole you dat, my brudder,He said sump’n dat warn’t true;W’at I said wuz dis, dat der wuzTwelve, widout includin’ you.Oh! . . . !—
The trumpet blown, the word made knownTo the nations, one and all?The watchword, the hope-word,Salvation’s present plan?A gospel new, for all-for youMan shall be saved by man.O Southland! O Southland!Do you not hear to-dayThe mighty beat of onward feet,And know you not their way?‘Tis forward, ’tis upward,On to the fair white archOf Freedom’s dome, and…
Seems lak to me der’s nothin’ goin’ right,Sence you went away.Seems lak to me de sky ain’t half so blue,Seems lak to me dat ev’ything wants you,Seems lak to me I don’t know what to do,Sence you went away.Seems lak to me dat ev’ything is wrong,Seems lak to me de day’s jes twice es long,Seems…
Been a-kind o’ ailin’ all de day?Didn’t have no sperit fu’ to play?Never min’; to-morrer, w’en you wek,Daddy’s gwine to ride you on his bek,‘Roun’ an’ roun’ de cabin flo’ so fas’—Der! He’s closed his little eyes at las’.De little pickaninny’s gone to sleep,Cuddled in his trundle bed so tiny,De little pickaninny’s gone to sleep,Closed…
