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Thread #100583   Message #2019556
Posted By: Azizi
07-Apr-07 - 10:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ezekiel (Saw the Wheel)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ezekiel (Saw the Wheel)
I found several other video of the African American spiritual Ezekiel Saw The Wheel on YouTube. I selected that one because its words, tempo, and arrangement was closer to the one that I remember from my childhood and youth.

And may I say again that I vehementally dislike spirituals sung in [supposedly] Black dialect. In my not at all humble opinion, if you want to turn off Black audiences, sing spirituals in those dialects.

For some reason, my last comment reminds me of this fragment of a spiritual:

Chorus:
[Soloist or part of the choir]:
You better mind.
[Rest of choir]:
You better mind.
[Soloist or part of the choir]:
You better mind.
[Rest of choir]:
You better mind.
[All]:
You gotta give an account at the judgement.
You better mind.

{Add floating four line verses such as found in Ezekiel Saw The Wheel". Sing "You better mind" after each line of those verses. End with "You gotta give an account of the judgement. You better mind"]

-snip-

'nuff said.