The briers are above my head, the brakes above

my knee,

An' the bark is gettin' kind o' blue upon the ven'son-

tree.

What makes the big trees shake an' groan as if

they all had sinned?

'Tis God A'mighty's reaper with the horses o' the

wind.

He will hitch with chains o' lightnin', He will urge

with thunder call,