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Death Song/A Death Song
Traditional spiritual;
ARTIST: Paul Laurence Dunbar
SHEET MUSIC:
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbN_U-ynWmo
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; circa 1896
RECORDING INFO: A Death Song
OTHER NAMES: "A Death Song"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Mudcat;
NOTES: "Death Song" is an anonymous spiritual of African American origin from "Howdy, Honey, Howdy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1896.
DEATH SONG- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Lay me down beneaf de willer in de grass.
Whah de branch'll go a-singin' as it pass.
An' w'en I's a-layin' low,
I kin hyeah it as it go
Singin' "Sleep, my honey, tek yo' res' at las'."
Lay me nigh to whah hit meks a little pool,
An' de watah stan's so quiet lak an' cool.
Whah de little birds in spring,
Ust to come an' drink an' sing,
An' de chillen waded on dey way to school.
Let me settle w'en my shouldahs draps de load
Nigh enough to hyeah de noises in de road;
Fu' I t'ink de las' long res'
Gwine to sooth my sperrit bes'
Ef I's layin' 'mong de t'ings I's allus knowed.
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