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SEEKIN' by LOUISE AYRES GARNETT

First Line: SEEKIN', MASSA JESUS
Last Line: LIGTTIME, TOO.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
Seekin', Massa Jesus,
Seekin' fer ter fin' you,
Seekin' whar de hilltop's
Leanin' on de blue;
Seekin' in de valley
Whar de co'n am tosslin',
Hopin' fer ter see you
Walkin' in de dew.
@3Seekin', Massa Jesus,
Seekin' fer ter fin' you,
Seekin' in de nighttime,
Lighttime, too@1.

Seekin' in de riber
Whar de wabes am flowin',
Flowin' wid a music
All deir mighty own;
Seekin' in de whirlwin'
Sweepin' down f'om Jedgment;
Seekin' in de grabeya'd
Unnerneaf de stone.
@3Seekin', Massa Jesus,
Seekin' fer ter fin' you,
Seekin' in de nighttime,
Ligttime, too@1.

I'll know you, Massa Jesus,
W'en at las' I fin's you,
Know you by yer counternance
Reachin' thoo de gloam,
By yer trick o' lookin'
Lak ez ef you'd fotched me,
Fotched me back ter Heab'n
Whar I has a home.
@3Seekin', Massa Jesus,
Seekin' fer ter fin' you,
Seekin' in de nighttime,
Ligttime, too@1.



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