Bahama songs and stories : a contribution to folk-lore / by Charles L. Edwards.

  • Charles Lincoln Edwards
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Bahama songs and stories : a contribution to folk-lore / by Charles L. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If you get doubt you will be los% It stole my mother away ; Mary weep, an’ Martha mourn, It stole my mother away; It won’ be long before I go. It stole my mother away. Cho. XIV. I THO’T I SAW MY BROTHE’. 9^0— r N N ^ ts N, J K ✓ V _lC IT T A “J « • • r\ ' m m m m • W -4 w w w w I tho’t I saw my bro - the’ When ’e en- ter’d in - to the bright ^ ^ ^ « ^ # A [s — / IS 1 N • P I 1 / m j \ « d m \ r , \j y, ^ • 4 • • i J • T w w w \ n —^ V ^ y ■ ■ w ^ king-dom, When ’e put-a on ’is long white robe,Ai^’ h fit ’im wer - y vwell. Chorus. r—n \J A • ^ LI. A A -Ar- ^ P r • urn 1 • 1 iTw 1' ij 11 \J J n y y u 1 y ! J It fit ’im wer - y vwell. It fit ’im wer - y vwell; He tS Pv -A m m . ^ fS K i~i IS 1 A m 0-^ w w \— ]P ^ ^ II _|L J JY P L J b V, f . 4rr- li 1—? p p—^ y y • . II put-a on a star - ry crown, An’ it fit ’im wer - y vwell. I tho’t I saw my brothe’ When ’e enter’d into the bright kingdom. When ’e put-a on ’is long white robe, An’ it fit ’im wery vwell. Cho. Swing me chariot; swing me, All-a my trials with me, Put-a on de long white robe. An’ it fit him very vwell. Cho.