Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
A wonderful old spiritual...
CHORUS:
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Moses stood on the Red Sea shore,
smotin' the water with that two-by-four
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
If I could I surely would
stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
Now Mary she wore three links of chain,
every link was freedom's name
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
One of these mornings so bright and fair
I'm gonna hitch on my wings and I'll try the air
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
When I get to heaven, gonna sing and shout
and nobody there gonna turn me out
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
When I get to heaven, gonna put on my shoes
walk around heaven and tell the news:
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
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At least, this is the versification as recorded for the new Get on Board CD compilation of Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Movement songs. A ton of folk artists have recorded this song, as well as Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen. Dr. Amy Laura Hall played the Seeger version the first day of our ethics class, but (ssssh, don't tell her) I like this version the best!
CHORUS:
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Moses stood on the Red Sea shore,
smotin' the water with that two-by-four
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
If I could I surely would
stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
Now Mary she wore three links of chain,
every link was freedom's name
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
One of these mornings so bright and fair
I'm gonna hitch on my wings and I'll try the air
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
When I get to heaven, gonna sing and shout
and nobody there gonna turn me out
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
When I get to heaven, gonna put on my shoes
walk around heaven and tell the news:
Pharaoh's army got drown-ded
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
CHORUS
****
At least, this is the versification as recorded for the new Get on Board CD compilation of Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Movement songs. A ton of folk artists have recorded this song, as well as Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen. Dr. Amy Laura Hall played the Seeger version the first day of our ethics class, but (ssssh, don't tell her) I like this version the best!
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