Plantation Days—Part I by Sunset Four Quartette Lyrics

[Intro: Grace Outlaw & Sunset Four]
Dear old Southland
I hear you calling me
[?]

[Segue: Grace Outlaw]
Listen, dear friends, and I shall tell
A story of the origins of the spiritual
Out in the cotton fields, [?]
This song they sang to drive their tears away

[By And By: Sunset Four]
O by and by
By and by
I'm going to lay down this heavy load

[Segue: Grace Outlaw]
The day's work over, they start towards home
The little log cabin for a hot corn pone
Then a song would break forth from a cabin across the way
You listen, and you hear someone saying
[Nobody Knows The Trouble I See: Sunset Four]
Nobody knows the trouble I see
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I see
Glory, hallelujah

[Segue: Grace Outlaw]
Then as the sun went slowly down
They all gathered round the camp meeting ground
Some would sing while others would pray
For each express himself in a different way

[Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John: Sunset Four]
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
To walk in Jerusalem
Just like John