584. I Don't Love Old Satan
A
From Ella Smith. Pitt county ; undated. "Negro fragment."
I I don't love old Satan.
(Jld Satan don't love me.
And under the circumstances
Me and old Satan don't ajrrce.
C horus: I'se gwine to Mount de Zion,
My beautiful home.
2 1 stepped in de water.
And the water was cold ;
Got a free body,
And I want a free soul.
B
Another copy from the same informant, in which the order of stanzas
I and 2 is reversed, and the chorus reads :
I'm gwine to ]\Iount Zion, my beautiful home.
I'm gwine to Mount Zion. my beautiful home.
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584
I Don't Love Old Satan
'I Don't Love Old Satan.' Sung by Miss Mary Barbour, Raeford, Holt
county, in 1922. As frequently, our contributor is a different singer from the
one mentioned in III 631, A version.
F-511
it don't like or Sa tan. or
Sa - tan don't like
me, And un - dor the cir - cum - stanc - es
Me and old Sa - tan don't gree.
I'se gwine — to Mount Zi - on, My beau-ti - ful home.
Scale: Mode IH, plagal. Tonal Center: e-flat. Structure: abaib^a^b^
(2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa^a^ (4,4,4).