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DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN

Last Line: "HE WANTED TO GO TO HEBBEN, BUT HE HAD TO GO TO HELL / DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE"
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG & MUSIC;BLACK SONGS; NEGRO SPIRITUALS;

Dere's no hidin' place down dere,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere,
Oh I went to de rock to hide my face,
De rock cried out, "No hidin' place,"
Dere's no hidin' place down dere.

Oh de rock cried, "I'm burnin' too,"
Oh de rock cried, "I'm burnin' too,"
Oh de rock cried out I'm burnin' too,
I want a go to hebben as well as you,
Dere's no hidin' place down dere.

Oh de sinner man he gambled an' fell,
Oh de sinner man he gambled, an' fell,
Oh de sinner man gambled, he gambled an' fell;
He wanted to go to hebben, but he had to go to hell
Dere's no hidin' place down dere. Oh de sinner man he
gambled an' fell,
Oh de sinner man he gambled, an' fell,
Oh de sinner man gambled, he gambled an' fell;
He wanted to go to hebben, but he had to go to hell
Dere's no hidin' place down dere.




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