Lord, I have labored all I can It was years from picking cotton and working on the plantation from when My weeping tears of my many cries The slave master who pushes me in demand to try But working in that hot sun with my in fry I have been beaten with many strikes It is only by your mercy I continue in might Lord free me from this tribulation My outcry prayer being my indication Continue to have mercy on me Lord The whip being of the Devilβs strang Yet my soul creation at God command Your Heavenly phase giving me strength My honest prayers to overcome But with faith I have I have already won My slavery verse only for awhile But Lord I know my tomorrow will be an everlasting style.