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Set Down, Servant (hi-lo)

by African-American Spiritual

Type:
Diatonic
Key:
G
Posted by:
WaltP
SET DOWN, SERVANT hi-lo
African-American Spiritual
Key: Em
Time: 2/4

-3”  -3”   4   4   -3” -3”  -3”  4
-6   -6    7   7   -6  -6   -6   7
Set down, ser-vant  I cain’ set down

-3”  -3”   4   4    4  -3”  -3” -3”2
-6   -6    7   7    7  -6   -6  -6 5
Set down, ser-vant  I cain’ set down

-3”  -3”   4   4   -3” -3”  -3”  4
-6   -6    7   7   -6  -6   -6   7
Set down, ser-vant  I cain’ set down

-4   5    -4  4  4   -3”-3” 4    -3”  -3”
-8   8    -8  7  7   -6 -6  7    -6   -6
My soul’s so hap-py that I cain’ set down

-3” -3” 4-3” 4-3” -3” -3”  -3” 4-3”-3”4
-6  -6  7-6  7-6  -6  -6   -6  7-6-67
My Lord you know that you prom-ise me

 -3” -3” -3”-3”4    -3”  4 -3”
 -6  -6  -6 -6 7    -6   7 -6
Prom-ise me a long white robe

-4  5  -4  4   -3”
-8  8  -8  7   -6
An’ a pair of shoes

-3”-3” 4-3”4   4   -3”  -3”-3”-3” -3”-3”4-3”
-6 -6  7-6 7   7   -6   -6 -6 -6  -6 -67-6
Go yon-der an-gel fetch me a pair of shoes

 -3”   -3” -3”-3”-3”4   -3”    4
 -6    -6  -6-6 -6  7   -6     7
Place them on-a my ser-vant’s feet

 4    5   -4     4    -3”  -3”
 7    8   -8     7    -6   -6
Now, ser-vant, please set down
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