Tonart: C major
Verse 1
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Steal away, steal away,
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G
Steal away, steal away home
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Am
Ab
I ain't got long to stay
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here.
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I was walking in Savannah
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past a church decayed and dimmed.
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There slowly through the window
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came a plaintive funeral hymn.
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C
A sympathy awakened
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and a wonder quickly grew,
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Till I found myself environed
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in a little negro pew.
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Down front sat a young couple,
C
nearly wild,
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On the altar was a coffin,
in the coffin was a child.
Am
Rose a sad old negro preacher
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Dm
at a little wooden desk
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with a manner grandly awkward
C
with a countenance grotesque,
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Thou don't be weepin' for this pretty bitter clay,
for the little boy who lived there,
he's done gone and run away,
he's doin' very family
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and he appreciate your love
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F
but he sure enough father want him
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in that large house up above now
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he didn't give you that baby
C
not by a hundred thousand miles
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he just think you need some sunshine
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and he lent him for a while
and he let you love and keep
him
Until your heart's bigger grown
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Am
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and these silver tears you're shedding
C
is just interest on the low.
So my poor dejected mourners,
let your hearts with Jesus rest.
And don't go criticizing
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the one that knows the best.
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He's given us many comforts.
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He has a right to take away,
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to the Lord be praise and glory,
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now and ever, let us pray.
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Am
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My Lord calls me,
He calls me by the thunder,
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The trumpet sounds within my soul
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Am
G
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I ain't got long to stay here
Am
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I'm gonna steal away home.
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