Chorus: Oh, Lord, Oh, my Lord! Oh, my good Lord! Keep me from sinking down.
1 I tell you what I mean to do; Keep me from sinking down: I mean to go to heaven too: Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]
2 I look up yonder, and what do I see; Keep me from sinking down: I see the angel beckoning to me: Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]
3 When I was a mourner just like you; Keep me from sinking down: I mourned and mourned till I got through: Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus]
4 I bless the Lord I'm g'wine to die; Keep me from sinking down: I'm g'wine to judgment by-and-by: Keep me from sinking down. [Chorus] Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #615