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Text:I Been in de Storm So Long
Tune:[Oh, let me tell you, Mother]

144. I Been in de Storm So Long

Refrain:
I been in de storm so long,
I been in de storm so long, chillun,
I been in de storm so long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.
I been in de storm so long,
I been in de storm so long, chillun,
I been in de storm so long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

1 Oh, let me tell you, Mother,
how I come 'long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray,
With a hung down head and a achin' heart,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.
'Cause I [Refrain]

2 Now when I get to Heaven
I'll take my seat,
Oh, gimme little time to pray,
An-a cast my crown at my Jesus' feet,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.
'Cause I [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, let me tell you, Mother
Title: I Been in de Storm So Long
Refrain First Line: I been in de storm so long
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs
Source: Traditional
Tune Information
Name: [Oh, let me tell you, Mother]
Key: f minor
Source: Traditional



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