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No. 21.
Keep me from sinking Down.

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.
         Oh, Lord, &c.

2. I look up yonder, and what do I see;
     Keep me from sinking down:
   I see the angels beckoning to me;
     Keep me from sinking down.
         Oh, Lord &c.

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.
         Oh, Lord, &c.

4. I bless the Lord I'm gwine to die;
     Keep me from sinking down:
   I'm gwine to judgment by-and-by;
     Keep me from sinking down,
         Oh, Lord &c.