Ain’-a

That Good News!

To my friend Dr. Robert Russa Morton,
President Emeritus, Tuskeegee Institute
SATB div. William L. Dawson

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(1937 Version) (1899-1990)

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Lively  = 104

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I got a crown up in a the King dom, Ain' a that good news! I got a

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Ain' a that good news!

Tenor   

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Ain' a that good news!

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Bass

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Ain' a that good news!

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Piano

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(Rehearsal)

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crown up in a the King dom, Ain' a that good news! I'm a goin' to lay down this

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A

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I'm a goin' to lay down this

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T

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Ain' a that good news! I'm a goin' to lay down this

          

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B

  
   
I'm a goin' to lay down this

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       
© Copyright 1937, Ren. 1965 by William L. Dawson,Tuskegee Institute, AL.
Printed in U.S.A. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.
Neil A. Kjos Music Co., San Diego, California 92117 — Sole Distributor
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B

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Je sus, Ain' a that good news, good news!

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A

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Je sus, Ain' a that good news, news!

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Je sus, Ain' a that good news, good news!

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B

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I got a robe up in a the King dom, Ain' a that

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B

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King dom, Ain' a that good news! I'm a goin' to lay down this

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good news! I'm a goin' to lay down this worl', Goin' a

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B

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I'm a goin' to lay down Lawd, this

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B

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worl', lay down this

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T

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good news, good news! good news! good news!

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B

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     
worl'. good news! good news!

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B

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
         
 

  
A

   
good news, Ain' a that a good news! I'm a goin' to lay down

 
this


worl', Goin' a

       
 
 
     
  
 

T
         
good news, Ain' a that a good news! I'm a goin' to lay down

 
this worl', Goin' a

          
   
   
 

          


B
    
  
 
good news, Ain' a that a good news! I'm a goin' to lay down this worl', Goin' a

             
          
 
 
                 
      
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44                
                     
S
   
                   
      
shoul der up uh my cross, Goin' a take it home a to my Je sus, Ain' a that

A               

           

shoul der up uh my cross, Goin' a take it home a to my Je sus, Ain' a that

                      
    
T

               
        
shoul der up uh my cross, take it home a to my Je sus, Ain' a that

               


B

         
shoul der up uh my cross, take it home a to my Je sus, Ain' a that

           
           

                         
       


48   
        a tempo
   
      
rit.
S
      
    
     
good news, good news, good news, good news, my Lawd! A ain' a that

        
  
A

  
       
good news, good news, good news, good news, my Lawd!


        
T
        

      
good news, good news, good news, good news, my Lawd! A ain' a that

          
    
   

B




good, good news, good news, good news, good news, my Lawd!

     
            
             
 
    
      
    
        
        

       
          


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53      
  


        
 
good news, Lawd!

              
A
   

            
good news good news, My Lawd! A ain' a that good news!

T           

            
   
good news, Lawd! A ain' a that good news!

        
   


B

  
good news good news, My Lawd! A ain' a that good news!

       
      
      
     
     
             
  
       
   