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Dat Suits Me/That Suits Me
Traditional Spiritual;
ARTIST: from Black Cameos by R. Emmet Kennedy 1924
YOUTUBE:
SHEET MUSIC: http://books.google.com/books?id=KxGu6nGBOJsC&pg=PA137&dq=%22that+Suits+Me%22+stumble&hl=en&ei=1BggTLuNFcOB8ga-7-iMAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; Lyrics of the Southland by Emory Elrage Scott 1913
RECORDING INFO: Dat Suits Me
Kennedy, R. Emmet. Black Cameos 1924
Parrish, Lydia. Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands;
Scott, Emory Elrage Lyrics of the Southland 1913
White, Newman Ivey. American Negro Folk-Songs (Page 98)- 1928.
OTHER NAMES: "That Suits Me"
RELATED TO: "Come on Ezekiel, Let's Go 'Round The Wall"
SOURCES: Folk index;
NOTES: "Dat Suits Me" is a traditional spiritual from Black Cameos By R. Emmet Kennedy in 1924. Ths song appears in some African-American hymnals and even in one bluegrass collection; Bluegrass Gospel Songbook; a Prime Time Publication.
Another version, without the "Dat suits me" tag, in this collection is titled, "Come on Ezekiel, Let's Go 'Round The Wall."
The earliest version I've found is from 1913:
Lyrics of the Southland by Emory Elrage Scott 1913
THAT SUITS ME
Lawd, I'll watch an' pray an' wait,
Till I reach dat golden gate.
Bind me wid love's bindin' cord,
Be mah Saviour, an mah Lawd—
Dat suits me.
I'll serve God through strife an' sin;
When I'm thoo, Lawd, let me in.
Dis mah aim, an' dis mah cry:
God an' Glory, when I die!
Dat suits me.
Another early version titled "That Suits Me" appears in Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (see link to sheet music above). "Dat Suits Me" was arranged for Voice and Piano by Hall Johnson in Hall Johnson- 30 Spirituals. A version appears in American Negro Folk-Songs (Page 98) by Newman Ivey White- 1928.
Dat Suits Me- Black Cameos by R. Emmet Kennedy 1924
Come on elduh, let's go 'round the wall,
Dat suits me.
Come on elduh, let's go 'round the wall,
Dat suits me.
Come on elduh, let's go 'round the wall,
Don't want to stumble, I don't want to fall,
Dat suits me.
Take k'yeah membuhs how yuh walk on de cross,
Dat suits me.
Take k'yeah membuhs how yuh walk on de cross,
Dat suits me.
Take k'yeah membuhs how yuh walk on de cross,
Yo' foot migh' slip an yuh soul git los',
Dat suits me.
Come on, sistahs, can't yuh he'p my sing,
Dat suits me.
Come on, sistahs, can't yuh he'p my sing,
Dat suits me.
Come on, sistahs, can't yuh he'p my sing,
Dis feelin' in mah buzzom is a happy thing,
Dat suits me.
Yuh kin weep like a willow an' moan like a dove,
Dat suits me.
Yuh kin weep like a willow an' moan like a dove,
Dat suits me.
Yuh kin weep like a willow an' moan like a dove,
Ef yuh want git to heaven yuh got to go wid love,
Dat suits me.
W'en I die Lawd, I wanna die right,
Dat suits me.
W'en I die Lawd, I wanna die right,
Dat suits me.
W'en I die Lawd, I wanna die right,
I wanna mahch up in de Kingdom dressed in white,
Dat suits me.
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