Nobody knows de trouble I’ve seen
I’m a-rollin’ through an unfriendly worl’
O my good Lawd, keep me from sinkin’ down
We are climbin’ Jacob’s ladder
My sins so heavy I can’t get along
Sinner, what you gonna do?
O sinner, don’t you let dis harves’ pass
Perhaps Satan and the terrors of hell and judgment are not pictured as frequently and as vividly as they used to be, but they are still a vital part of Negro song. The following songs portray the struggle with sin, the warning to the sinner, and the superior status of the sanctified as opposed to the sinner.
Good Lawd, I Am Troubled
Troubles makes me weep an’ moan,