From “Listen Lord: A Prayer” by James Weldon Johnson. The book in its entirety is online here And now, O Lord – When ...

From “Listen Lord: A Prayer” by James Weldon Johnson. The book in its entirety is online here And now, O Lord – When I’ve done drunk my last cup of sorrow – When I’ve been called everything but a child of God – When I’m done travelling up the rough side of the mountain – O – Mary’s Baby – When I start down the steep and slippery steps of death – When this old world begins to rock beneath my feet – Lower me to my dusty grave in peace To wait for that great gittin' up morning – Amen.