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Our Singing Country
ii Some preacher come to your house; You ask him to rest his hat; He sits right down and begins to grin, Saying, "Sister, where's your husband at?5
SOON ONE MORNIN' DEATH COME CREEPIN'
g\ No. 1319. Vera Hall and Dock Reed, Livingston, Ala., 1937. See Whi, p. 785 Boa, No. 19 j Jo.2, p. 174.
* In stanza 2, this incomplete measure and the upbeat to stanza 3 are omitted entirely. In all stanzas, the 2nd and 3rd beats are omitted.
1   Soon oncmornin' death come creepin' in my room, (3) 0 my Lord, O my Lord, what shall I do to be saved?
2  Death done been here, tuck my mother an' gone,
3  Death done been here, left me a motherless child,
4  Don't move my pillow until my Jesus comes,
5  When Jesus comes, you can turn my bed around,
6  Fm so glad I got my religion in time,
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