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”
Copyright © James Edward Lee Sr. | Year Posted 2018
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