580. Hush Little Baby
This has tlie first line in cnninion with a song- in Dorothy (l. Px)!- toii, ()/(/ Soiujs Hytniuil ( Xcw York. igjg).
'Hush. Oh, Baliy, Duii't You Cry.' From JuHan P. P.oyd, as C(illi.rk-(1 from CatlK-rine ' Bennett, a pupil of the school at Alliance, Pamlico county; undated, but c. 1927-28. "Negro fragment."
1 Hush, htlle hahy, and don't you cry ;
Yo' niudder an' fader is ho'n to die !
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord. Lord, Lord!
Over de hills bright shinin' Ian'.
( )h, niv jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
(iood Lord, Lord, Lord!
2 Aiind out. Sister, hows you step on de cross;
Yo' right foot shppin' — you'll .sho' be los' !
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!
Over de hills bright shinin' Ian'.
Jesus done taken my driftin' ban'.
Good Lord, Ijnxl, Lord !
3 If you see my Mudder won't you tell her fo' me
Lm on my bosses in de battleheld.
Jesus done taken my driftin' ban'.
Good Lord. Lord, Lord!
Over de hills bright shinin' Ian'.
Jesus done taken my driftin' ban'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!