"Long Way to Travel" is part of the John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip collection at the Library of Congress. See transcript.

LYRICS

We got a long way to travel

Children we got a long way to travel, Lord

Children we got a long way to travel

Well I just want to make it in the kingdom

Well I just want to make it in the kingdom, Lord

Well I just want to make it in the kingdom

Children I got a long way to travel

Children I got a long way to travel, Lord

Children I got a long way to travel

Well I just want to make it over yonder

Well I just want to make it over yonder, Lord

Well I just want to make it over yonder

Well I got on my travelin’ shoes

Well I got on my travelin’ shoes, Lord

Well I got on my travelin’ shoes