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Stan’ steady,
Stan’ steady bretheren
Stan’ steady,
Doan mind what Satan says:
Stan’ steady,
Stan’ steady bretheren
Stan’ steady,
Doan’ mind what Satan says:
Satans’ de man wid de iron shoe,
Doan mind what Satan says:
If you doan mine gwine to clamp it on you,
Doan mind what Satan says:
Satan thought he had me down,
Doan mind what Satan says:
I thank God I’m a heaven boun’,
Doan mind what Satan says:
Stan’ steady,
Stan’ steady bretheren
Stan’ steady,
Doan’ mind what Satan says:
Source: Jessye, Eva. My Spirituals. New York: Robbins-Engel, 1927.