As the clearest exponent of the negro's real self, the folk song reveals the heart of his psychic nature; it is indeed a witness to the fact that "'Ligion's so sweet". Does he not sing well and truthfully? I jus' got home f'um Jordan, I jus' got home f'um Jordan, I jus' got home f'um Jordan, 'Ligion's so-o-o sweet. My work is done an' I mus' go, My work is done an' I mus' go, My work is done an' I mus' go, 'Ligion's so-o-o sweet. FOOTNOTES: [1] This paper presents in substance the contents of Chapters I and II of a study on "Negro Folk-Song and Character," with other chapters as follows: Chapter III, The Negro's Social and Secular Songs; Chapter IV, Types of Social Songs among the Negroes; Chapter V, Work Songs and Phrases; Chapter VI, The Negro's Mental Imagery; Chapter VII, Negro Character as Revealed in Folk-Songs and Poetry. [2] See _Atlantic Monthly_, Vol. XIX, pp. 685 _seq._, _Scribners_, Vol. XX, pp. 425 _seq._, _Lippincott's_, Vol. II, 617 _seq._ [3] For verses not found in the present-day negro spirituals, see _Slave Songs in the United States_, W. F. Allen, New York, 1867, _The Jubilee Singers_, New York, 1873, _Plantation and Cabin Songs_, New York, 1892.