Death Was A Little T'ing
Charles Lincoln Edwards- 1895

Death Was A Little T'ing
 
Traditional Spiritual;

ARTIST: from Bahama Songs and Stories:  Volume 3 By Charles Lincoln Edwards

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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;

DATE: 1895
 
RECORDING INFO: Death Was A Little T'ing

Edwards, Charles Lincoln. Bahama Songs and Stories:  Volume 3; 1895
 
OTHER NAMES: "Death Was A Little Thing"

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SOURCES: Bahama Songs and Stories: Volume 3 by Charles Lincoln Edwards 1895;

NOTES:  "Death Was A Little T'ing" is a traditional spiritual. This version is from Bahama Songs and Stories:  Volume 3 By Charles Lincoln Edwards- 1895. These songs were brought to the Bahamas by African-Americans and are quite old. 

Death Was A Little T'ing- Charles Lincoln Edwards 1895

VERSE: Death was a little t'ing,
It go from do' to do',
Oh you take 'im in de silen' grave,   
It never to rise no mo'.

CHORUS: Oh glory Hallelujah!  
Praise ye the Lawd,
Oh glory Hallelujah!
Go an' serve de Lawd.

EXTENDED CHORUS: It is death, Hallelujah !
Praise ye de Lawd,
It is death, Hallelujah !   
I 'm goin' serve de Lawd,
Pray, brother, Hallelujah !
Praise ye de Lawd.

EXTENDED CHORUS: Pray, my brother, Hallelujah!
I 'm goin' serve de Lawd,
Sing, sister, Hallelujah!  
Praise ye de Lawd,
Sing, sister, Hallelujah!
I'm goin' serve de Lawd.