Roll de ol' chariot along, yes
Roll de ol' chariot along yes
Roll de ol' chariot along
Ef you don't hang on behin'.

O Christians
Roll de ol' chariot along, yes
Roll de ol' chariot along yes
Roll de ol' chariot along
Ef you don't hang on behin'.

Ef yo Mother want to go
She shall wear a starry crown
Ef yo Mother want to go
She shall wear a starry crown
An' she must hang behin'

O Christians
Roll de ol' chariot along, yes
Roll de ol' chariot along yes
Roll de ol' chariot along
Ef you don't hang on behin'.

Ef de Devil's in the way
Jus' roll right over
Ef de Devil's in the way
Jus' roll right over
An' you must hang behin'