O Mother, Don't You Weep

Refrain:
When I'm gone, when I'm gone,
when I'm gone, gone (when I'm) gone,
O mother, don't you weep when I am gone.

1 For I'm goin' to Heaven above,
Going to the God I love,
O mother, don't you weep when I am gone. [Refrain]

2 O mother, meet me there,
mother, meet me in the air,
O mother, don't you weep when I am gone. [Refrain]

Folk Songs of the American Negro (No. 1), 1907