Well, my mother sick an' my father daid, father daid, Well, my mother sick an' my father daid, father daid, Well, I ain't got no one to pity poor me, poor me. Well, I ain't got no one to pray for me, to pray for me. I ain't got no one to feel for me, feel for me. Likewise he has no one to "_cry_" for him, to "_mourn_" or to "_care_" for him. It will be noticed that the negroes insert the word "well" frequently. There is no regularity or rule for its use; it apparently gives the song a more plastic turn and makes it seem more conversational. In some of their songs they insert in the same way, "says", and "er", "a", "an", at will. The _struggle_ is well represented by the song "Keep inchin' along", which was also common in the old plantation melodies; the chorus is the same, while the words are entirely different from the older song. _Keep er-inchin' erlong, keep er-inchin erlong, Jesus'll come bye'm bye, Keep er-inchin', keep er-inchin erlong, Jesus'll come bye'm bye._ De road is rocky here below, _But Jesus'll come bye'm bye_, But Jesus leads me as I go, _Jesus'll come bye'm bye_. Sometimes I hangs my head an' cries, _But Jesus'll come bye'm bye_. An' He gwi' wipe mer weepin' eyes, _But Jesus'll come bye'm bye_. Uh, run 'long mourner an' git yo' crown, By yo' Father's side set down. I'm glad that I'm bo'n ter die, Frum trouble here my soul gwi' fly. In the same hopeful strain the negro sings "Boun' ter cross Jord'n in dat Mornin'," which has a large number of stanzas, none of which have any similarity of meaning to the general theme. Yonder come er sister all dressed in black, She look lak er hipercrit jes' got back, _I'm boun' ter cross Jord'n in dat mornin'_. _Cross me over, Great Jehover, My Lord, I'm boun' ter cross Jord'n in dat mornin'._ See dat Christian on his knees, He's gwin' ter cross dem jasper seas, _I'm boun' ter cross Jord'n in dat mornin'_. Swing low chariots in er line, Carry me ter glory in due time, _I'm boun' ter cross Jord'n in dat mornin'_. Ain't but the one thing grieve my min' Sister goin' to heaven an' leave me behin', _I'm boun' ter cross Jord'n in dat mornin'_. It is a favorite theme of the negroes to sing much of their "Lord" and "God". Much has been noted of the names and attributes which Deity holds in the negro's songs. As his friend the negro believes that God is always true; consequently he sings his loyalty to Him. The old plantation song "Tell Jesus" had as its chorus: "Tell Jesus done done all I can, Tell Jesus done done all I can, Tell Jesus done done all I can, I can't do no more". Very much like it is the song "For my Lord" that is much in demand among the present-day negroes.