The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#615

615. Keep Me from Sinking Down

Chorus:
Oh, Lord, Oh, my Lord!
Oh, my good Lord!
Keep me from sinking down.

1 I tell you what I mean to do;
Keep me from sinking down:
I mean to go to heaven too:
Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]

2 I look up yonder, and what do I see;
Keep me from sinking down:
I see the angel beckoning to me:
Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]

3 When I was a mourner just like you;
Keep me from sinking down:
I mourned and mourned till I got through:
Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]

4 I bless the Lord I'm g'wine to die;
Keep me from sinking down:
I'm g'wine to judgment by-and-by:
Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: I tell you what I mean to do
• Title: Keep Me from Sinking Down
• Refrain First Line: Oh, Lord, Oh, my Lord!
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Spirituals
• Source: Traditional Spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: KEEP ME
• Editor: Nathaniel Dett
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: D Major