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harry burleigh - an ante-bellum sermon lyrics

we is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs
in dis howlin’ wildaness
fu’ to speak some words of comfo’t
to each othah in distress
an’ we chooses fu’ ouah subjic’
dis ++ we’ll ‘splain it by an’ by;
“an’ de lawd said, ‘moses, moses,’
an’ de man said, ‘hyeah am i.'”

now ole pher’oh, down in egypt
was de wuss man evah bo’n
an’ he had de hebrew chillun
down dah wukin’ in his co’n;
‘t well de lawd got tiahed o’ his foolin’
an’ sez he: “i’ ll let him know ++
look hyeah, moses, go tell pher’oh
fu’ to let dem chillun go.”

“an’ ef he refuse to do it
i will make him rue de houah
fu’ i’ll empty down on egypt
all de vials of my powah.”
yes, he did ++ an’ pher’oh’s ahmy
wasn’t wuth a ha’f a dime;
fu’ de lawd will he’p his chillun
you kin trust him evah time
an’ yo’ enemies may ‘sail you
in de back an’ in de front;
but de lawd is all aroun’ you
fu’ to ba’ de battle’s brunt
dey kin fo’ge yo’ chains an’ shackles
f’om de mountains to de sea;
but de lawd will sen’ some moses
fu’ to set his chillun free

an’ de lan’ shall hyeah his thundah
lak a blas’ f’om gab’el’s ho’n
fu’ de lawd of hosts is mighty
when he girds his ahmor on
but fu’ feah some one mistakes me
i will pause right hyeah to say
dat i ‘m still a+preachin’ ancient
i ain’t talkin’ ’bout to+day

but i tell you, fellah christuns
things’ll happen mighty strange;
now, de lawd done dis fu’ isrul
an’ his ways don’t nevah change
an’ de love he showed to isrul
was n’t all on isrul spent;
now don’t run an’ tell yo’ mastahs
dat i’s preachin’ discontent
’cause i isn’t; i’se a+judgin’
bible people by deir ac’s;
i ‘se a+givin’ you de scriptuah
i ‘se a+handin’ you de fac’s
cose ole pher’oh b’lieved in slav’ry
but de lawd he let him see
dat de people he put bref in, ++
evah mothah’s son was free

an’ dahs othahs thinks lak pher’oh
but dey calls de scriptuah liar
fu’ de bible says “a servant
is a+worthy of his hire.”
an’ you cain’t git roun’ nor thoo dat
an’ you cain’t git ovah it
fu’ whatevah place you git in
dis hyeah bible too ‘ll fit

so you see de lawd’s intention
evah sence de worl’ began
was dat his almighty freedom
should belong to evah man
but i think it would be bettah
ef i’d pause agin to say
dat i’m talkin’ ’bout ouah freedom
in a bibleistic way
but de moses is a+comin’
an’ he’s comin’, suah and fas’
we kin hyeah his feet a+trompin’
we kin hyeah his trumpit blas’
but i want to wa’n you people
don’t you git too brigity;
an’ don’t you git to braggin’
’bout dese things, you wait an’ see

but when moses wif his powah
comes an’ sets us chillun free
we will praise de gracious mastah
dat has gin us liberty;
an’ we ‘ll shout ouah halleluyahs
on dat mighty reck’nin’ day
when we ‘se reco’nised ez citiz’ ++
huh uh! chillun, let us pray!

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