Well, did you say that you love Jesus? Did you say that you love the Lord? _Yes, I say that I love Jesus. Yes, I say I love the Lord._ All I wants to know is, "Does you love Jesus?" All I wants to know is, "Does you love the Lord?" _Yes, I say that I love Jesus, Yes, I say I love the Lord._ If you love Jesus, you can't keep it, All I want to know is, "Does you love the Lord?" _Yes, my mother, I love Jesus, Yes, my mother, I love the Lord._ The chorus then varies from "Yes, I _say_" to "Yes, my _mother_", "Yes, my _sister_", "Yes, my _brother_". In striking contrast to his earthly life, the negro sings of his heavenly home. It will be seen in the study of his social songs that home plays a small part in their subject matter. It is true that the negro has little love of home or devotion to loved ones. Perhaps for this very reason he expects to have a better home in the beyond. He wants that which is ideal and impractical; he wants that which will come without effort. If in slavery days he had no home, it was natural that he should look to Heaven for his home. This conception, intensified by the negro's emotional nature and self-pity, is still prominent. Not only is his home to be a happy one, but it is to be exclusive; only the fortunate, of whom he is the chiefest, may go there. This class of songs--of Heaven and home--is perhaps as large as any. The negro sings: I got a home where liars can't go, _Don't you see?_ Jus' between the heaven an' earth, Where my Saviour bled an' died, I got a home where liars can't go, _Don't you see?_ I got a home where sinners can't go, _Don't you see?_ Jus' between the earth an' sky, Where my Saviour bleed an' die, _Don't you see?_ When the earth begin to shake, _Don't you see?_ You better get a ticket or you'll be late, _Don't you see?_ In the same way the singers repeat, using the words "_drunkards_," "_hypocrits_", and other sinners. Sometimes instead of saying "I got a home where the drunkards can't come", the sinner will say "where the drunkards can't _find me_". Another version of the same song is found in different localities: I got a home in the Rock, _Don't you see?_ Just between the heaven an' earth, Well, yes, I got a home in the Rock, _Don't you see?_ Judas was a deceitful man, _Don't you see?_ Well he betrayed the innercent Lam', Well he lost a home in the Rock, _Don't you see?_ Well the sun refuse to shine, _Don't you see?_ The sun refuse to shine, An' the sun refuse to shine, _Don't you see?_ God don't talk like a natural man, _Don't you see?_ God don't talk like a natural man, He talk so sinners can understan', _Don't you see?_ Well I don't want to stumble, _Don't you see?_ Well I don't want to fall, I read that writin' on de wall, _Don't you see?_