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Mama N Them Juz Keep Livin

MAMA N THEM JUZ KEEP LIVIN--- Mama N em’ Gone tha dun past a way MaMA been dead for forty-four years and… She jus keep on liven, liven, Lord, God know’s she is juz livin, livin Standin next to Jesus……………… Grandm gone on Been dead sum fif-T years now Grandm she jus keeps on livin, liven, liven PaPa died ya in 1889 So me N my wife and chill-ren See hum in his grand chill-ren Me PaPa Oh! Yeah Mi Daddy yawl, Me PaPa jus keeps on liven, liven, He lives on Mama N em’ they up N heaven praizen My Lord and Savoir and My God Mama Grandm Papa All of em’ iz juz liven, praizen, standin next to Jesus All of em’ iz in heaven Thank you-Jesus 9/11/18 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2018 From anthology “Old Time ***** Spirituals”

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