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T:All My Trials
Z:Webmaster
C:Bob Gibson
N:All My Trials is based on a Bahamian lullaby that tells the story of a mother on her
N:death bed, comforting her children.
N:The message – that no matter how bleak the situation seemed, the struggle would 
N:“soon be over” – propelled the song to the status of an anthem during the civil
N:rights movement.
N:Folk
N:Religious
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=100
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z A/2A/2 D/2D/2E/2E/2 | F G A/2A/2 B | (=c4 | ^c3) c |
w:Oh - Hush - lit-tle ba-by, don't - you cry - You
d A (A2 | A) A/2A/2 A A | (B4 | G4) |
w:know your ma-ma was born - to die -
(F4 | F3) F | F/2 E (E/2 (E2) | E4) |
w:All -  my tri-als, Lord - -
(E4 | E3) F | E/2 D/2 D3 | z d d A |
w:soon - be o - ver - Too late my
d/2(d/2 e2)  | z A A B | A/2 D/2 (G (G2) | G4) |
w:brothers - - Too late, but ne-ver mind - 
(F4 | F3) F | F/2 E E/2 (E2 | E4) |
w:All - my tri - als Lord
(E4 | E3) F | E/2(D/2 (D3) | D3) z ||
w:Soon - be o - ver -
W:1
W:Hush, little baby, don't you cry
W:You know your mama was born to die
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over
W:
W:2
W:River of Jordan is muddy and cold
W:Well, it chills the body, but not the soul
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over
W:
W:3
W:I've got a little book with pages three
W:And every page spells, "Liberty"
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over
W:
W:ch
W:Too late, my brothers
W:Too late, but never mind
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over
W:
W:4
W:If living were a thing that money could buy
W:You know the rich would live and the poor would die
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over
W:
W:5
W:There grows a tree in Paradise
W:And the pilgrims call it the Tree of Life
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over
W:
W:ch
W:Too late, my brothers
W:Too late, but never mind
W:All my trials, Lord, soon be over

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