It's me, it's me, it's me, O Lord,

voiceReel 304 #18 Collected by W.C. Anderson For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Linda Humphrey Sung by W.C. Anderson and Mary C. Parler Fayetteviller, Ark. Jan. 5, 1961 Standing in the Need of Prayer Not my mother nor my sister, but it's me 0 Lord, Standing in the need of prayer; Not my mother nor my sister, but it's me 0 Lord, Standing in the need of prayer. Chorus: It's me, it's me, it's me, O Lord, Standing in the need of prayer; It's me, it's me, it's me, O Lord, Standing in the need of prayer. Not my father nor my brother, but it's me 0 Lord, Standing in the need of prayer; Not my father nor my brother, but it's me 0 Lord, Standing in the need of prayer. Chorus: Not the deacon nor the doctor, but it's me 0 Lord, Standing in the need of prayer; Not the deacon nor the doctor, but it's me O Lord, Standing in the need of prayer. Chorus:Standing in the Need of Prayer Anderson learned this song at Junior Young People's Meetings at Haze Chapel about 1947. Mrs. Eunice Whitt taught it to them, and you can put in any name in the verse... deacon, preacher, etc. This song is found on page 110 in American Negro Folk-Songs by Newman I. White. Mr. White learned this song in 1907 from a Negro washer woman at her work in Lexington, N.C. His song has the chorus as another verse, and he also has more verses.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation