EXHORTATION (A NEGRO SERMON)
WORDS BY ALEX. ROGERS
MUSIC BY WILL MARION COOK
Copyright, 1912, by G. Schirmer
Re-mem-ber, if a brudder smotes dee on de lef’ cheek,
Turn roun’ and’ han’ him de od-der!
Kase, — ef you kaint ’turn good fu’ e-vil,——
What’s de good o’ bein’ a brudder?
Sez’ — when de an-gry pas-sions ris-es wid-in dee,——
Say, “Sat-an,— go!—git dee be-hin’ me!”
Den stop! an’ count a hun-dert,—— den go on ’bout yo’ bus’ness!—
Be keer-ful,—— be cau-tious,—— al-ways look be-fo’— you leap,——
Be sho’ you do— some pray-in’— be-fo’ you goes-a to sleep.——
To fight is wrong,—— it’s wrong to fight,——
An’ no two wrongs-a kaint make-a one right,
So try an’ be right unto de en;—
Dat’s right, all right! A-men! A-men!
Dat’s right, all right! A-men! A - A - A - A - A - A - men!——
