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	Chorus: Deep river, Deep river, Lawd, Deep river, Lawd, I want to cross over in a ca'm time. I'm gonna meet death smilin', I'm gonna meet death smiling Lawd, I'm gonna meet death smilin', Lawd, I want to cross over in a ca'm time. My mother's done crossed over, My mother's done crossed over, Lawd, My mother's done crossed over, Lawd, She's done crossed over in a ca'm time. And sometimes, it seems, one's father "has done crossed over," and one's sister, brother, aunty, and cousins, along with the elders and the deacons of the church.
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