Way Up On the Mountain
Found in Calhoun Plantation Songs by Emily Hallowell, collected in Alabama, published in 1907. Recorded on Bound to Go.
Way up on the mountain, Lord,
Mountain top, Lord,
I heard God talkin' Lord,
Children the chariot stop, Lord.
One day, one day, Lord,
Was a walking along, Lord,
With a head hung down, Lord,
Children, a aching heart, Lord.
O Satan is a liar, Lord,
And a conjurer too, Lord,
And if you don't mind, Lord,
Children, he'll conjure you, Lord.
Devil is a making, Lord,
Iron shoes, Lord,
And if you don't mind, Lord,
Children, he'll slip 'em on you, Lord.
Rich man Divey, Lord,
He live so well, Lord,
And when he die, Lord,
He had a home in Hell, Lord.
Poor man Laz'rus, Lord,
Poor as I, Lord,
And when he die, Lord,
He had a home on high, Lord.