Save me, Lawd.
Parting and death are the subjects of the saddest songs that the Negro sings. The following songs awaken thoughts of the old folk saying their goodby’s at the last service of a revival meeting or parting after a long-hoped-for family reunion. I Bid You a Long Farewell is one of the favorites of Aunt Georgia Victrum, age eighty-three, of Jasper County, Georgia.
I Bid You a Long Farewell
Mother, meetin’ is over,
Mother, we mus’ part.
If I never see you no mo’,
I love you in my heart.
Chorus:
I bid you a long farewell,
Brother, I bid you a long farewell.