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| Text: | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen |
| Tune: | DUBOIS |
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 ground,
oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]
2 Although you see me going ’long so,
oh, yes, Lord!
I have my troubles here below,
oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]
3 One day when I was walking 'long,
oh, yes, Lord!
The heavens broke and love came down,
oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down |
| Title: | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen |
| Refrain First Line: | Nobody knows the trouble I've seen |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1993 |
| Topic: | Transcending Mystery and Wonder: Transience; Change; Sorrow |
| Source: | African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | DUBOIS |
| Meter: | Irregular with refrain |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875 |
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