Key: C major
Verse 1
F
C
Steal away, steal away,
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G
C
steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home
G
C
G
F
C
I've got long to stay here
I was walking in Savannah,
past a church decayed and dim,
And there slowly through the window
came a plaintiff's funeral hymn,
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G
and a wonder quickly grew,
and a little Negro pew,
Out in front a young couple
set in sorrow, nearly wild,
On the altar was a coffin,
in a little wooden desk,
with a countenance grotesque.
C
Now, don't be weeping for this petty bit of clay,
for the little boy who lived here
to go and run away.
He's doing very finely,
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G
and he appreciates your love,
in the large house up above.
Now he didn't give you that baby
by a hundred thousand miles.
He just thinks you need some sunshine,
till your hearts was bigger
grown.
And these silver tears you're shedding,
And don't go criticizing
the one that knows the best.
He's give us many comforts.
He has a right to take away.
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C
now and ever.
Let us pray.
My Lord calls me.
He calls me by the thunder.
The trumpet sounds within my
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C
Oh, I ain't got long to stay here
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ChordsF C G Bb
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