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Don't Get Weary
NOTE: This is a not a version of the more popular "Don't Get Weary" songs which include "O Brother Don't Get Weary" and "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed."
Traditional Spiritual;
ARTIST: from Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro: As Sung at Hampton Institute by R. Nathaniel Dett in 1926
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; 1926
RECORDING INFO: Did You Hear How Dey Crucified My Lord?
Dett, R. Nathaniel Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro: As Sung at Hampton Institute 1926
OTHER NAMES: "Did You Hear How They Crucified My Lord?"
RELATED TO: "Where You There When They Crucified My Lord?"
SOURCES: Folk index; Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro: As Sung at Hampton Institute by R. Nathaniel Dett in 1926
NOTES: "Don't Get Weary" is a traditional spiritual arranged in Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro: As Sung at Hampton Institute by R. Nathaniel Dett in 1926. This is a not a version of the more popular "Don't Get Weary" songs which include "O Brother Don't Get Weary" and "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed."
Don't Get Weary- Dett 1926
CHORUS: My brethren, don't get weary
Angels brought de tidings down
Don't get weary,
I'm hunting for a home.
My brethren, don't get weary
Angels brought de tidings down
Don't get weary,
I'm hunting for a home.
VERSE: You'd better be a-prayin',
(I do love de Lord.)
For judgement day is comin'
(I do love de Lord.) REPEAT VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE: Oh, wah you runnin', sinner?
(I do love de Lord.)
For judgement day is comin'
(I do love de Lord.) REPEAT VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE: You'll see de world on fire
(I do love de Lord.)
You'll see de element a-meltin'
(I do love de Lord.) REPEAT VERSE
VERSE: You'll see de moon a-bleedin'
(I do love de Lord.)
You'll see de stars a-fallin'
(I do love de Lord.) REPEAT VERSE
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