595. I'se Gwine Land on Dat Shore
From Julian P. Boyd, as collected from Frederick Liverman, a pupil of the school at Alliance, Pamlico county; undated, l)ut c. 1927-28.
I I don't like old Satan ;
(Jld Satan don't like me,
'Case I believes in Jesus,
And he sot me free.
Chorus:
I'se gwine land on dat shore,
I'se gwine land on dat shore,
I'se gwine land on dat shore.
I'll l)t.' blessed forexornuire,
When 1 gits to 1 leheii ;
I want yon to be dar too;
When 1 cries ont holy,
1 wants yon to cry so too.
When 1 gits to 1 leben.
Who shall 1 see dar ?
Alary, Martha, Lnke, and John,
Waitin' dar t\)r nie.