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Carry Me Safely Home
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
SHEET MUSIC:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: Probably 1800s; Early 1900s
RECORDING INFO: Carry Me Safely Home
Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
OTHER NAMES: "And Carry Me Safely Home" "En Carry Me Safely Home"
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SOURCES: Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
NOTES: "Carry Me Safely Home" is a spiritual from The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs and it appears in Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs by Olivia Solomon.
I changed the lyrics slightly to add a rhyme. The original line is "Because the Lord's gonna take me in His arms, good Lordy."
Carry Me Safely Home- Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
Lord have mercy when I come ter die, good Lordy
Lord have mercy when I come ter die,
*Because the Lord's gonna take me to His side, good Lordy
En carry me safely home.
Stop dat train and let er soldier ride, good Lordy
Stop dat train and let er soldier ride,
*Because the Lord's gonna take me other side, good Lordy
En carry me safely home.
Fisherman Peter was on the sea, good Lordy
Fisherman Peter was on the sea,
Said drop you net en follow me, good Lordy
En carry me safely home.
Need no pillow when I come to die, good Lordy
Need no pillow when I come to die,
*Because the Lord's gonna take me to His side, good Lordy
En carry me safely home.
*Because the Lord's gonna take me in His arms, good Lordy
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