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Text:I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long
Tune:[Went to the graveyard the other day]
Harmonizer:J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-

148. I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

Refrain:
I feel like, I feel like,
I feel like my time ain't long,
I feel like, I feel like,
I feel like my time ain't long.

1 Went to the graveyard the other day,
I feel like my time ain't long,
I look'd at the place where my mother lay,
I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain]

2 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down,
I feel like my time ain't long,
And sometimes I'm almost on the ground,
I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain]

3 Better min', my brother, how you walk on the cross,
I feel like my time ain't long,
Your foot might slip and your soul get lost,
I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Went to the graveyard the other day
Title: I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long
Refrain First Line: I feel like, I fell like
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs
Source: Traditional
Tune Information
Name: [Went to the graveyard the other day]
Harmonizer: J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-
Key: f minor
Source: Traditional
Copyright: Harm. © 1981 by Abingdon



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