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Ah got shoes, yo' got shoes,

All God's chillun got shoes.

When Ah gets tuh Hebben

Gwine tuh put on mah shoes,

Gwine tuh walk all ober God's Hebben!

Hebben! Hebben!

Ev'body talkin' 'bout Hebben

Ain't a-goin' dere.

Hebben! Hebben!

Gwine tuh walk all ober God's Hebben!

Ah got a harp, yo' got a harp, Etc.

Ah got wings, yo' got wings, Etc.

Other folk-songs are Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Juba; Oh, Doo Da Day; Polly-wolly-doodle. One hears them at college reunions, glee club concerts or when a few blithe spirits are assembled at a wedding, a...

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