1928

You Got to Reap What You Sow

Composed by William Levi Dawson
Text by Spiritual
"You Got to Reap What You Sow" is a traditional African American Spiritual set for low voice and piano by William Dawson in 1928.

You can boast about your riches, your every wish someone’s command.
You can go ’round cheatin’ people, by some trickery or plan.
You tell lies on your neighbor, and think no one will ever know,
But just as sure as you are living, you got to reap just what you sow.

CHORUS: You’ve got to reap just what you sow.
Yes, you’ve got to reap just what you sow.
Oh, on the mountain, ah, in the valley,
You’ve got to reap just what you sow.