Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
There’s no hiding place down here,
There’s no hiding place down here,
Oh I went to the rock to hide my face,
The rock cried out, “No hiding place,
There’s no hiding place down here.”
The rock cried, “I’m burning too!”
The rock cried, “I’m burning too!”
Oh the rock cried out, “I’m burning too,
I want to go to heaven as well as you,”
There’s no hiding place down here.
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: drmsl
- Source: Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas, Beatrice Landeck, David McKay Company, Inc., 1961
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