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Don't jedge us hard fur what we does you knows it's Chrismus night; An' all de balunce ob de yeah we does as right's we kin. Ef dancin's wrong, O Mashr! let de time excuse de sin!
Yes, tell dem preshis anjuls we's a-gwine to jine 'em soon: Our voices we's a-trainin' fur to sing de glory tune; We's ready when you wants us, an' it ain't no matter when O Mashr! call yo' chillen soon, an' take 'em home! Amen. The churches which had the greatest influence upon the negroes were those which relied least upon ritual and most upon exhilaration.
Remember, Mashr, min' dis, now, de sinfulness ob sin Is 'pendin' 'pon de sperrit what we goes an' does it in; An' in a righchis frame ob min' we's gwine to dance an' sing, A-feelin' like King David, when he cut de pigeon-wing.
The logic with which sin and sanctity were often reconciled is illustrated in Irwin Russell's remarkably faithful "Christmas in the Quarters." "Brudder Brown" has advanced upon the crowded floor to "beg a blessin' on dis dance:" O Mashr! let dis gath'rin' fin' a blessin' in yo' sight!
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