Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, O yes, Lord!

Tune: [Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down] (35612)
Published in 26 hymnals

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Representative Text

Refrain:
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,
Nobody knows my sorrow;
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,
Glory hallelujah!

1 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down,
Oh, yes, Lord!
Sometimes I'm almost to the groun',
Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]

2 Altho' you see me going 'long so,
Oh, yes, Lord!
I have my troubles here below,
Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]

3 What makes old Satan hate me so,
Oh, yes, Lord!
'Cause he got me once and let me go,
Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #614

Text Information

First Line: Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, O yes, Lord!
Title: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Source: Afro-American spiritual
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
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Lift Every Voice and Sing II #175

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Singing the Living Tradition #99

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Songs of Zion #170

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #614

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The United Methodist Hymnal #520

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Worship in Song #174

Include 20 pre-1979 instances
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