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NEVER LET THE DEVIL GET THE UPPER HAND OF YOU



My tender parents brought me up, provided for me well
Was in the cit of Lanson town they placed me in a mill
It was there I spied a pretty fair miss on whom I cast my eye
I asked her if she'd marry me and she believed a lie



Three weeks ago last Saturday night, of course it was the day
The devil put it in my mind to take her life away
I went into her sister's house at eight o'clock one night
But little did the critter think on her I had my spite



I asked her if she'd take a walk with me a little way
That she and I might have a talk about our wedding day
We walked along until we came to my little desert place
I grabbed a stick off of a fence and struck her in the face



I run my fingers through her coal-black hair to cover up my sins
I drug her to the riverside and there I plunged her in
I started back unto my mill, I met my servant, John
He asked me why I was so pale and it so very warm


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Come all young men and warning take, unto your lovers be true
And never let the Devil get the upper hand of you
  

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 	NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN


Out here the hearts of men are failing
For these are latter days we know
The great depression now is spreading
God's words declared it would be so



	I'm going where there's no depression
	To the lovely land that's free from care
	I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
	My home's in heaven, I'm going there


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In that bright land there'll be no hunger
No orphan children crying for bread
No weeping widows toil and struggle
No shrouds, no coffins, and no dead



	I'm going where there's no depression
	To the lovely land that's free from care
	I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
	My home's in heaven, I'm going there


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This dark hour of midnight nearing
Tribulation time will come
The storm will hurl a midnight fierce
And sweep lost millions to their doom



	I'm going where there's no depression
	To the lovely land that's free from care
	I'll leave this world of toil and trouble

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    NO MORE THE MOON SHINES ON LORENA
     [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Way down upon the old plantation
Old massa used to own me as a slave
He had a yeller gal he called Lorena
And we courted where the wild bananas wave
For long years there we courted
And we were as happy as one
And my heart works for dear massa
And the happiness of life is just begun
     No more the moon shines on Lorena
     As we stood and watched the coon among the corn
     And the possum playing on the wild bananas
     And the old owl a-hooting like a horn
     [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
One day I called to see my dear Lorena
I thought she would meet me at the gate
But they took her away to old Virginny
And left me to mourn for her fate
For years I had longed to see her
And the thoughts of her was ever in my head
One day massa read me a letter
Telling me that Lorena was dead
     No more the moon shines on Lorena
     As we stood and watched the coon among the corn
     And the possum playing on the wild bananas
     And the old owl a-hooting like a horn
But I know that her soul has gone to heaven
And there she is ever free from pain
And to her a brighter crown is given
And no more she will wear the darkie's chain
     No more the moon shines on Lorena
     As we stood and watched the coon among the corn
     And the possum playing on the wild bananas
     And the old owl a-hooting like a horn
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NO OTHER'S BRIDE I'LL BE


Just one year ago today, love
I became your happy bride
Changed a mansion for a cottage
To dwell by the riverside

You told me I'd be happy
But no happiness I see
For tonight I am a widow
In the cottage by the Sea

All alone by the seaside he left me
And no other's bride I'll be
For in bridal flowers he decked me
In the cottage by the sea

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From my cottage by the seaside
I can see my mansion home
I can see those hills and valleys
Where with pleasure I would roam

The last time that I saw him
Oh, how happy then were we
But tonight I am a widow
In the cottage by the sea

All alone by the seaside he left me
And no other's bride I'll be
For in bridal flowers he decked me
In the cottage by the sea

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All alone by the seaside he left me
And no other's bride I'll be
For in bridal flowers he decked me
In the cottage by the sea

  

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 NO TELEPHONE IN HEAVEN
Now I can't wait on babies, the smiling merchant said
As he stooped and gently toyed with its golden curly head
I want to call up mama, came the answer full and free
Would you telephone and ask her when she's coming back to me
     My child, the merchant murmured
     As he stroked the anxious brow
     No telephone connection
     Where your mother lives at now
     No telephone in heaven
     And the tears sprang in her eyes
     I thought God had everything
     With him up in the sky
Tell her that I get so lonesome that I don't know what to do
And papa cries so much I guess he must be lonesome, too
Tell her to come to baby, 'cause at night I get so 'fraid
With no one there to kiss me when the lights begin to fade
     My child, the merchant murmured
     As he stroked the anxious brow
     No telephone connection
     Where your mother lives at now
     No telephone in heaven
     And the tears sprang in her eyes
     I thought God had everything
     With him up in the sky
All through the day I wander since my dolly's got so tore
Where the awful punching brother give it with his little sword
They ain't no one to fix it since mama's gone away
And poor little lonesome dolly's getting thinner every day
     My child, the merchant murmured
     As he stroked the anxious brow
     No telephone connection
     Where your mother lives at now
     No telephone in heaven
     And the tears sprang in her eyes
     I thought God had everything
     With him up in the sky
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OH, TAKE ME BACK
     [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

Woke up this morning and I could not keep from crying
Woke up this morning and I could not keep from crying
My good gal left me 
With a troubling mind
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Oh, just look where that evening sun has gone
Oh, just look where that evening sun has gone
Gone down behind the mountain
And it won't be back till morn
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Oh, hand me that long distance phone
Oh, hand me that long distance phone
Gonna talk to my honey
All night long
     [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

Oh, take me back and try me one more time
Oh, take me back and try me one more time
And if I don't do
Then send me down the line
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ON A HILL LONE AND GRAY


[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]


On a hill lone and gray in a land far away
In a country beyond the blue sea (the blue sea)
Where beneath that foreign sky went a man forth to die
For the world and for you and for me
Oh, it bows down my heart and the teardrops do start
When in memory that great hill I see (hill I see)
It was there on his side, Jesus suffered, yes, he died
To redeem a poor sinner like me


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Hark, I hear the dull blow of the hammer swung low
They are nailing my Lord to the tree
With the cross he upraised while the many did gaze
He ascended that hill lone and gray
Oh, it bows down my heart and the teardrops do start
When in memory that great hill I see (hill I see)
It was there on his side, Jesus suffered, yes, he died
To redeem a poor sinner like me
Shout aloud then, my soul, let the glad tidings roll
From the land to the end of the sea (of the sea)
When beneath that dark sky went a man forth to die
For the world and for you and for me

 

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 ON MY WAY TO CANAAN'S LAND
               I'm on my way to Canaan's land
               I'm on my way to Canaan's land
               I'm on my way to Canaan's land
               I'm on my way (Praise God) I'm on my way
               If father won't go, it won't hinder me
               If father won't go, it won't hinder me
               If father won't go, it won't hinder me
               I'm on my way (Praise God) I'm on my way
               If mother won't go, it won't hinder me
               If mother won't go, it won't hinder me
               If mother won't go, it won't hinder me
               I'm on my way (Praise God) I'm on my way
     
               If sister won't go, it won't hinder me
               If sister won't go, it won't hinder me
               If sister won't go, it won't hinder me
               I'm on my way (Praise God) I'm on my way
               Oh, be baptized in Jesus's name
               Oh, be baptized in Jesus's name
               Oh, be baptized in Jesus's name
               I'm on my way (Praise God) I'm on my way
               I'm on my way to Canaan's land
               I'm on my way to Canaan's land
               I'm on my way to Canaan's land
               I'm on my way (Praise God) I'm on my way

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   ON THE ROCK WHERE MOSES STOOD
          Crying Holy unto the Lord
          Crying Holy unto the Lord
          Oh, in that day when the bells don't toll
          Crying Holy unto the Lord
     Crying  Ho................ly unto the Lord
     (Crying Holy unto the Lord............Holy unto the Lord)
     Crying  Ho................ly unto the Lord
     (Crying Holy unto the Lord............Holy unto the Lord)
     Oh, if I could, I surely would
        (If I could....surely would)
     Stand on the rock.............where Moses stood
                      (Praise God, where Moses stood)
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          Sinners, run unto the Lord
          Sinners, run unto the Lord
          Now please don't let this harvest pass
          And lose your soul at last
     Crying  Ho................ly unto the Lord
     (Crying Holy unto the Lord............Holy unto the Lord)
     Crying  Ho................ly unto the Lord
     (Crying Holy unto the Lord............Holy unto the Lord)
     Oh, if I could, I surely would
        (If I could....surely would)
     Stand on the rock.............where Moses stood
                      (Praise God, where Moses stood)
     [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
          Crying Holy unto the Lord
          Crying Holy unto the Lord
          The four and twenty elders bowing all around the altar
          Crying Holy unto the Lord
     Crying  Ho................ly unto the Lord
     (Crying Holy unto the Lord............Holy unto the Lord)
     Crying  Ho................ly unto the Lord
     (Crying Holy unto the Lord............Holy unto the Lord)
          Oh, if I could, I surely would
        (If I could....surely would)
     Stand on the rock.............where Moses stood
                      (Praise God, where Moses stood)
     [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

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ON THE SEA OF GALILEE

Am I a soldier of the cross
A follower of the Lamb
And shall I fear to own His cause
Or blush to speak His name
     On the sea (the sea, the sea)
     Of Galilee (of Galilee)
     My Jesus is walking on the sea
     On the sea (the sea, the sea)
     Of Galilee (of Galilee)
     My Jesus is walking on the sea
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Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease
While others walk to win the prize
And sail through bloody seas
     On the sea (the sea, the sea)
     Of Galilee (of Galilee)
     My Jesus is walking on the sea
     On the sea (the sea, the sea)
     Of Galilee (of Galilee)
     My Jesus is walking on the sea
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There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast
     On the sea (the sea, the sea)
     Of Galilee (of Galilee)
     My Jesus is walking on the sea
     On the sea (the sea, the sea)
     Of Galilee (of Galilee)
     My Jesus is walking on the sea

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 ONE LITTLE WORD 
          The dream of love is over
          Today we said goodbye
          We parted not in anger
          Though tears came in her eyes
          'Twas just as fate decreed, dear
          That we should never wed
          Yet in her heart she loved me 
          She married wealth instead

     One little word could've changed my future life
     One little word could've made her my wife
     Too late, too late, now my fondest hopes are dead
     One little word, that word was never said
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          Since schooldays we had been sweethearts
          She was her father's pride
          Her folks lived in a mansion
          Our cottage by its side
          Though years have brought their changes
          The same old love tale told
          She wed to please her parents
          A man of wealth and gold
     One little word could've changed my future life
     One little word could've made her my wife
     Too late, too late, now my fondest hopes are dead
     One little word, that word was never said

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OVER THE GARDEN WALL

My love stood under a walnut tree
Over the garden wall
She whispered and said she'd be true to me
Over the garden wall
She has beautiful eyes and beautiful hair
She's not very tall so she stood on a chair
Many a time I've kissed her there
Over the garden wall

     Over the garden wall
     The sweetest girl of all
     There never were yet such eyes of jet
     And you can bet I'll never forget
     The night our lips in kisses met
     Over the garden wall
There's always a will, there's always a way
Over the garden wall
There's always the night as well as the day
Over the garden wall
We hadn't much money, but weddings were cheap
So while the old feller was snoring asleep
With a lad and ladder she managed to creep
Over the garden wall
     Over the garden wall
     The sweetest girl of all
     There never were yet such eyes of jet
     And you can bet I'll never forget
     The night our lips in kisses met
     Over the garden wall
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     Over the garden wall
     The sweetest girl of all
     There never were yet such eyes of jet
     And you can bet I'll never forget
     The night our lips in kisses met
     Over the garden wall

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PICTURE ON THE WALL

There's an old and faded picture on the wall
That has been a-hanging there for many a year
'Tis a picture of my mother, for I know there is no other
That can take the place of mother on the wall
     On the wall (On the wall)
     On the wall (On the wall)
     How I love that dear old picture on the wall
     Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
     'Cause I know I'll meet my mother after all
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Yes, the children all have gathered, all have gone
And I have a little family of my own
And I know I love them well, more than any tongue can tell
But I'll hold that dear old picture on the wall
     On the wall (On the wall)
     On the wall (On the wall)
     How I love that dear old picture on the wall
     Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
     'Cause I know I'll meet my mother after all
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Since I lost that dear old mother years ago
There is none to which with troubles I can go
As my guitar makes its chords I am praying to the Lord
Let me hold that dear old picture on the wall
     On the wall (On the wall)
     On the wall (On the wall)
     How I love that dear old picture on the wall
     Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
     'Cause I know I'll meet my mother after all

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 POOR LITTLE ORPHANED BOY

My mother died when I was young
My sisters, they were sad
They laid their hands upon my head
And taught me how to pray
     So now, my mother, she's gone to rest
     In the land of purest joy
     And I wonder if she thinks of me
     Her poor little orphaned boy
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When I was only two years old
I never shall forget
A parting kiss she gave to me
I sometimes feel it yet
     So now, my mother, she's gone to rest
     In the land of purest joy
     And I wonder if she thinks of me
     Her poor little orphaned boy
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When I was sick, in every hour
She watched me as I lay
And with her kind and gentle hand
She smoothed me tenderly
     So now, my mother, she's gone to rest
     In the land of purest joy
     And I wonder if she thinks of me
     Her poor little orphaned boy
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So now I press this world alone
Her love with me shall stay
And from the throne above the skies
Her smile shall rest on me
     So now, my mother, she's gone to rest
     In the land of purest joy
     And I wonder if she thinks of me
     Her poor little orphaned boy

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POOR ORPHAN CHILD

     I hear a low faint voice that says 
     My papa and mama's dead
     And it comes from the poor orphan child 
     That must be clothed and fed
     And it comes from the poor orphan child 
     That must be clothed and fed  
     And it comes from the poor orphan child 
     That must be clothed and fed
Savior,  lead...................them by the hand
(Savior, lead them by the hand, yes, gently lead them by the hand)
Savior,  lead...................them by the hand
(Savior, lead them by the hand, yes, gently lead them by the hand)
Savior,  lead...................them by the hand
(Savior, lead them by the hand, yes, gently lead them by the hand)
Till  they all reach that glittering strand
(Till they all reach that glittering strand)
     We see so many children now
     Poor little boys and girls
     Who want that mother's loving hand
     To smooth their golden curls
     Who want that mother's loving hand
     To smooth their golden curls
     Who want that mother's loving hand
     To smooth their golden curls
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     But now we see those wandering curls
     Hang careless 'round their brow
     They say to us, my papa's dead
     And I've no mother now
     They say to us, my papa's dead
     And I've no mother now
     They say to us, my papa's dead
     And I've no mother now
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     O Savior, every orphan bless
     Wherever they may roam
     Bless every hand that lends them aid
     And bless the orphan's home
     Bless every hand that lends them aid
     And bless the orphan's home
     Bless every hand that lends them aid
     And bless the orphan's home
          [CHORUS]

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