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Text:Don't Call the Roll
Tune:[Don't call the roll, John]

23a. Don't Call the Roll

1 Don't call the roll John,
Till I get there,
Don't call the roll, John,
Till I get there,
Ain't that a pity, Lord!
Sin and a shame,
Sinner man so hard believe.

2 Don't ring them chiming bells,
Till I get there,
Don't ring them chiming bells,
Till I get there,
Ain't that a pity, Lord!
Sin and a shame,
Sinner man so hard believe.

3 Don't stretch that dividing line,
Till I get there,
Don't stretch that dividing line,
Till I get there,
Ain't that a pity, Lord!
Sin and a shame,
Sinner man so hard believe.

Text Information
First Line: Don't call the roll, John
Title: Don't Call the Roll
Language: English
Publication Date: 1907
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Don't call the roll, John]
Key: F Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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