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I tell you what I mean to do

I tell you what I mean to do

Tune: KEEP ME (Spiritual)
Published in 2 hymnals

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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]


Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #615

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #615

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #615
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