593. Indian Song: Ah, Pore Sinner
I ocil titk' With music. From Mrs. Maude' Minuisli Sutton, sun^ ''.v her sister. Pearl; undated. Dr. White notes: "Really a Negro spiritual, tliough Indians may have sung it." Stanza 4 of 'In Dat Day m \\ . A. Fisher, Seventy Xcgro Spirit mils (Boston. 1926), pp. (j6-8, has an image of the moon resemhling that in line 2 below.
Ah, pore sinner, under the rock.
Till the moon goes down in hlood.
You can hide yo'self on the mountain top.
To hide your face from God.
Um, ah, ta-alk ahout Jesus!
Halle, halle, lu, there's glory in my soul.
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593
Indian Song: Ah, Pore Sinner
'Indian Song: Ah, Pore Sinner.' Sung by Miss Pearl Minnish, contributed by
her sister Mrs. Maude Minnish Sutton, between 1921 and 1936. No place
given. The twelfth measure recalls 'There's No Place Like Home.' Con-
siderable textual relationship with FSoA 29.
F-516
Ah, pore sin - ner, un - der the rock, Till the moon goes
down in blood, You can hide yo' - self on the moun - tain
top, To hide your face from God. Um, ah, ta - alk a - bout
Je - sus! Hal - le, hal - le, lu, there's glo - ry in my soul.
For melodic relationship cf. *FSoA 29.
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure : aba^b^c (2,2,2,
2,6) = mm^n = barform (4,4,6).