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Jubilee songs

as sung by the Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University, (Nashville, Tenn.) under the auspices of the American Missionary Association. Price 25 cents

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14

I'm a Rolling.

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The following poem is scored for music in the source text.

I'm a rolling,
I'm a rolling,
I'm a rolling thro' an unfriendly world,
I'm a rolling,
I'm a rolling thro' an unfriendly world.

1.

O brothers wont you help me
O brothers, wont you help me to pray,
O brothers wont you help me,
Wont you help me in the service of the Lord?

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2

O sisters, wont you help me,
O sisters, wont you help me to pray;
O sisters, wont you help me,
Wont you help me in the service of the Lord!

CHO.—

I'm a-rolling, &c.

3

O preachers, wont you help me,
O preachers, wont you help me to fight;
O preachers, wont you help me,
Wont you help me in the service of the Lord?

CHO.—

I'm a-rolling, &c.