Lift Every Voice and Sing II 3
Bye and Bye
- Tune
- [i know my robe's gonna fit me well]
- Composer(s)
- Edythe Ethelynn Woodruff (b. 1970)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual
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Refrain: O bye and bye, bye and bye, I’m gonna lay down my heavy load.
1 I know my robe’s gonna fit me well, I’m gonna lay down my heavy load. I tried it on at the gates of hell. I’m gonna lay down my heavy load. [Refrain]
2 O hell is deep and in dark despair, I’m gonna lay down my heavy load. So stop, po’ sinner and don’t go there. I’m gonna lay down my heavy load. [Refrain]
3 O Christian, can’t you arise and tell, I’m gonna lay down my heavy load. That Jesus hath done all things well. I’m gonna lay down my heavy load. [Refrain]