Steal Away

musical notation for _Steal Away_
Midi version of the bar of music.

Refrain:
Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.

My Lord calls me,
He calls me by thunder,
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.

Refrain:
Green trees are bending,
Poor sinner stands atrembling,
The trumpet sounds within my soul
I ain't got long to stay here.

Refrain:
Tombstones are bursting,
Poor sinner stands atrembling,
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.

Audio file of Fisk University Jubilee Singers performing Steal Away to Jesus (Scroll down).
Lyrics to "Steal Away" from Jubilee songs: as sung by the Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University, (Nashville, Tenn.) under the auspices of the American Missionary Association. (New York: Biglow & Main Date, [1872]). This is probably the text Du Bois used.
"Steal Away" by the Dinwiddie Colored Quartet sometime between 1894 and 1928 (Scroll down).

Sundquist marks this as a coded song, surreptitiously announcing secret religious or secular gatherings. It also acted as a call to resistance for people like Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman (To Wake the Nations 511).

Chapter	Title of Chapter	Chapter's Song	Significance of the song	Author	Title	Comment
10	Of the Faith of the Fathers	Steal Away	Song of songs, from the faith of our fathers; Afro-American Music	Fiona Macleod	"Dim Face of Beauty"	What are White material gains in face of the sad mystery of ages...

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