|
Danville Chariot, The /I Don't Want To Stay Here No Longer
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel and Ballad;
ARTIST: Fenner- Cabin and Plantation Songs, 1874
YOUTUBE:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: circa 1874
RECORDING INFO: Danville Chariot
Fenner, 1874, Cabin and Plantation Songs, "The Danville Chariot," p. 11.
Dett, 1927, p. 38-39, "I Don't Want To Stay Here No Longer"
Burleigh, Plantation Melodies Old and New, as I Doan' Want Fu' T' Stay Hyeah No Longah, p. 3.
OTHER NAMES: "I Don't Want To Stay Here No Longer"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Mudcat;
NOTES: The traditional spiritual, "The Danville Chariot" or "I Don't Want To Stay Here No Longer" was printed in Fenner, 1874, Cabin and Plantation Songs, as The Danville Chariot, p. 11. In Dett, 1927, p. 38-39, as I Don't Want To Stay Here No Longer. Both give sheet music. A variant in Burleigh, Plantation Melodies Old and New, as I Doan' Want Fu' T' Stay Hyeah No Longah, p. 3.
DANVILLE CHARIOT (I DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE NO LONGER)- Fenner 1874
CHORUS: Oh, swing low, sweet chariot,
Pray let me enter in,
I don't want to stay here no longer.
I done been to heaven, an' I done been tried,
I done been to de water, an' I done been baptized;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
Oh, down to the water I was led,
My soul got fed with de heavenly bread;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
CHORUS:
I had a little book, an' I read it through,
I got my Jesus as well as you;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
Oh, I got a mother in de promised land,
I hope my mother will feed dem lambs;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
CHORUS:
Oh, some go to church for to holler an' shout,
Before six months dey're all turned out;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
Oh, some go to church for to laugh an' talk,
But dey knows nothin' 'bout dat Christian walk;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
CHORUS:
Oh, shout, shout, de debil is about,
Oh, shut your do' an' keep him out;
I don' want to stay here no longer.
For he is so much-a like a snake-a in de grass,
If you don' mind he will get you at las';
I don' want to stay here no longer.
CHORUS:
|