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Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, O yes, Lord!

Tune: [Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down] (35612)
Published in 31 hymnals

Audio files: Recording

Piano/Organ
	Lift Every Voice and Sing

Representative Text

Refrain:
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,
Nobody knows my sorrow;
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,
Glory hallelujah!

1 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down,
Oh, yes, Lord!
Sometimes I'm almost to the groun',
Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]

2 Altho' you see me going 'long so,
Oh, yes, Lord!
I have my troubles here below,
Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]

3 What makes old Satan hate me so,
Oh, yes, Lord!
'Cause he got me once and let me go,
Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #614

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, O yes, Lord!
Title:	Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Meter:	Irregular with refrain
Source:	Afro-American spiritual
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O, nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

[Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down] (35612)

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Audio recording from The United Methodist Hymnal #520

Page Scans

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1999), p.547

Instances

Instances (1 - 31 of 31)

A Hymnal for Friends #169

America's Favorite Radio Songs #d66

American Student Hymnal #d284

Book of Worship for United States Forces #381

Cross and Crown Hymnal #d382

Fellowship Hymnal #254

Harp of Zion #d82

Hymns of Fellowship #d132

Hymns of Hope and Courage #101

Hymns of the Rural Spirit #109

Jubilee Spirituals #159

Lift Every Voice and Sing II #175

Negro Spirituals #4

Old Camp Meeting Songs #d116

Old Fashioned Gospel Songs No. 1 #22

Singing Pathways, Hymns and Songs and Worship Material for Junior and Senior High School Age #d80

Singing the Living Tradition #99

Song and Service Book for Ship and Field #148

Songs for Young and Old #d130

Songs of Zion #170

Southland Spirituals #24

Special Sacred Selections #543

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #614

The Awakening Trumpet #d104

The Chapbook #106

The Hymnal #612

The United Methodist Hymnal #520

The Y.M.C.A. Praise Book #142

The Youth Hymnary #d183

Worship in Song #174

Youth Inspiral #d91

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