617. No More! No More!

617. No More! No More!

This or a variant seems to be the basis of 'I'll Never Turn Back
No More,' arranged by \V. C Handy (New York, 1935), a copy-
ritjhted song.

From Julian P. Boyd, as collected from Mary Price, a pupil of the school
at Alliance, Pamlico county ; undated, but c. 1927-28. "Negro frag-
ment."' Cf. "I Never Will Turn Back ,\ny More.' in this collection.

1 Xu more! Xo more!

My Lord, I will ne\er turn l)ack
No more.

A fisherman was Peter on the sea.
I'll never turn hack.

2 Your time is whirlin" round;
Got no time to tarr\- ;

Got no time to wait for you ;
My home is over Jordan ;
I am on my way.