No. 238 Carter or Never Turn Back (B), Soc 52
Hexatonic, mode 2 A (I II 3 IV V — 7)
Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,
I’ll never turn back no more;
He whom I fix my hopes upon,
I’ll never turn back no more.
I’ll never turn back no more, my Lord,
I’ll never turn back no more.
A variant tune is ‘Never Turn Back (A)’, this collection. A negro variant is in Marsh, p. 174. Additional stanzas of the text are given under ‘River of Jordan’.