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Poor Me

I'm sometimes up, I'm sometimes down, Trouble will bury me down

Tune: [I'm sometimes up, I'm sometimes down] (553331)
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Representative Text

1 I'm sometimes up, I'm sometimes down,
Trouble will bury me down;
But still my soul feels heav'nly bound,
Trouble will bury me down; O bretheren.

Refrain:
Poor me, Poor me
Trouble will bury me down,
Poor me, Poor me,
Trouble will bury me down.

2 Hallelujah to the Lamb,
Trouble will bury me down;
The Lord is on the giving hand,
Trouble will bury me down. O bretheren, [Refrain]

3 Sometimes I think I'm ready to drop,
Trouble will bury me down;
But thank my Lord, I do not stop,
Trouble will bury me down. O bretheren! [Refrain]

Folk Songs of the American Negro (No. 1), 1907

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Text Information

First Line: I'm sometimes up, I'm sometimes down, Trouble will bury me down
Title: Poor Me
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Poor me, Poor me
Publication Date: 1907
Copyright: Public Domain
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Folk Songs of the American Negro (No. 1) #14

Folk Songs of the American Negro (No. 1) #14
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